Serological proteomic screening and evaluation of a recombinant egg antigen for the diagnosis of low-intensity Schistosoma mansoni infections in endemic area in Brazil.

• Main Authors: Vanessa Silva-Moraes (Author), Lisa Marie Shollenberger (Author), William Castro-Borges (Author), Ana Lucia Teles Rabello (Author), Donald A Harn (Author), Lia Carolina Soares Medeiros (Author), Wander de Jesus Jeremias (Author), Liliane Maria Vidal Siqueira (Author), Caroline Stephane Salviano Pereira (Author), Maria Luysa Camargos Pedrosa (Author), Nathalie Bonatti Franco Almeida (Author), Aureo Almeida (Author), Jose Roberto Lambertucci (Author), Nídia Francisca de Figueiredo Carneiro (Author), Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho (Author), Rafaella Fortini Queiroz Grenfell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Despite decades of use of control programs, schistosomiasis remains a global public health problem. To further reduce prevalence and intensity of infection, or to achieve the goal of elimination in low-endemic areas, there needs to be better diagnostic tools to detect low-intensity infect...