Development and evaluation of a new lateral flow immunoassay for serodiagnosis of human fasciolosis.

• Main Authors: Victoria Martínez-Sernández (Author), Laura Muiño (Author), María Jesús Perteguer (Author), Teresa Gárate (Author), Mercedes Mezo (Author), Marta González-Warleta (Author), Antonio Muro (Author), José Manuel Correia da Costa (Author), Fernanda Romarís (Author), Florencio M Ubeira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Human fasciolosis is a re-emerging disease worldwide and is caused by species of the genus Fasciola (F. hepatica and F. gigantica). Human fasciolosis can be diagnosed by classical coprological techniques, such as the Kato-Katz test, to reveal parasite eggs in faeces. However, although 10...