Accuracy of urine circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) test for Schistosoma mansoni diagnosis in different settings of Côte d'Ivoire.

• Päätekijät: Jean T Coulibaly (Tekijä), Stefanie Knopp (Tekijä), Nicaise A N'Guessan (Tekijä), Kigbafori D Silué (Tekijä), Thomas Fürst (Tekijä), Laurent K Lohourignon (Tekijä), Jean K Brou (Tekijä), Yve K N'Gbesso (Tekijä), Penelope Vounatsou (Tekijä), Eliézer K N'Goran (Tekijä), Jürg Utzinger (Tekijä)
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• Julkaistu: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: Promising results have been reported for a urine circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) test for the diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni. We assessed the accuracy of a commercially available CCA cassette test (designated CCA-A) and an experimental formulation (CCA-B) for S. mansoni diagnosis. M...