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.

• Main Authors: Warllem Junio Oliveira (Author), Fernanda do Carmo Magalhães (Author), Andressa Mariana Saldanha Elias (Author), Vanessa Normandio de Castro (Author), Vivian Favero (Author), Catieli Gobetti Lindholz (Author), Áureo Almeida Oliveira (Author), Fernando Sergio Barbosa (Author), Frederico Gil (Author), Maria Aparecida Gomes (Author), Carlos Graeff-Teixeira (Author), Martin Johannes Enk (Author), Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho (Author), Mariângela Carneiro (Author), Deborah Aparecida Negrão-Corrêa (Author), Stefan Michael Geiger (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...