Concordance of the point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen test for the diagnosis of intestinal schistosomiasis in a low endemicity area

• Main Authors: Sergei Rodrigo Magalhães de Sousa (Author), Isabelle Helena Lima Dias (Author), Álvaro Luan Santana Fonseca (Author), Bianca Rodrigues Contente (Author), Joyce Favacho Cardoso Nogueira (Author), Tatyellen Natasha da Costa Oliveira (Author), Stefan Michael Geiger (Author), Martin Johannes Enk (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The Kato-Katz technique is recommended worldwide for the diagnosis of intestinal schistosomiasis, detecting parasite eggs in feces of infected people. However, new tests have been developed in order to facilitate diagnosis, e.g. by detection of specific antigens secreted by schis...