Evaluation of diagnostic methods for the detection of intestinal schistosomiasis in endemic areas with low parasite loads: Saline gradient, Helmintex, Kato-Katz and rapid urine test.

• मुख्य लेखकों: Warllem Junio Oliveira (लेखक), Fernanda do Carmo Magalhães (लेखक), Andressa Mariana Saldanha Elias (लेखक), Vanessa Normandio de Castro (लेखक), Vivian Favero (लेखक), Catieli Gobetti Lindholz (लेखक), Áureo Almeida Oliveira (लेखक), Fernando Sergio Barbosa (लेखक), Frederico Gil (लेखक), Maria Aparecida Gomes (लेखक), Carlos Graeff-Teixeira (लेखक), Martin Johannes Enk (लेखक), Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho (लेखक), Mariângela Carneiro (लेखक), Deborah Aparecida Negrão-Corrêa (लेखक), Stefan Michael Geiger (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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In some tropical countries, such as Brazil, schistosomiasis control programs have led to a significant reduction in the prevalence and parasite burden of endemic populations. In this setting, the Kato-Katz technique, as the standard diagnostic method for the diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni infectio...