Improvement of POC-CCA Interpretation by Using Lyophilization of Urine from Patients with Schistosoma mansoni Low Worm Burden: Towards an Elimination of Doubts about the Concept of Trace.

• Main Authors: Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho (Author), Liliane Maria Vidal Siqueira (Author), Rafaella Fortini Queiroz Grenfell (Author), Nathalie Bonatti Franco Almeida (Author), Naftale Katz (Author), Áureo Almeida (Author), Nídia Francisca de Figueiredo Carneiro (Author), Edward Oliveira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Accurate diagnostic techniques for schistosomiasis are essential for prevalence determination and identification of positive patients. A point-of-care test for detecting schistosome circulating cathodic antigen (POC-CCA) has been evaluated for its accuracy in different endemic regions. Th...