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

• Main Authors: Jean T Coulibaly (Author), Stefanie Knopp (Author), Nicaise A N'Guessan (Author), Kigbafori D Silué (Author), Thomas Fürst (Author), Laurent K Lohourignon (Author), Jean K Brou (Author), Yve K N'Gbesso (Author), Penelope Vounatsou (Author), Eliézer K N'Goran (Author), Jürg Utzinger (Author)
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• Udgivet: 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...