New approaches with different types of circulating cathodic antigen for the diagnosis of patients with low Schistosoma mansoni load.

• Main Authors: Rafaella Grenfell (Author), Donald A Harn (Author), Smanla Tundup (Author), Akram Da'dara (Author), Liliane Siqueira (Author), Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Schistosomiasis mansoni is a debilitating and sometimes fatal disease. Accurate diagnosis plays a key role in patient management and infection control. However, currently available parasitological methods are laborious and lack sensitivity. The selection of target antigen candidates has turned out t...