Evaluation of the CCA Immuno-Chromatographic Test to Diagnose Schistosoma mansoni in Minas Gerais State, Brazil.

• Main Authors: Alda Maria Soares Silveira (Author), Emanuele Gama Dutra Costa (Author), Debalina Ray (Author), Brian M Suzuki (Author), Michael H Hsieh (Author), Lucia Alves de Oliveira Fraga (Author), Conor R Caffrey (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:The Kato-Katz (KK) stool smear is the standard test for the diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni infection, but suffers from low sensitivity when infections intensities are moderate to low. Thus, misdiagnosed individuals remain untreated and contribute to the disease transmission, thereby for...