Accuracy and precision of dried urine spot method for the detection of Schistosoma mansoni circulating cathodic antigens in resource-limited settings

• Main Authors: Abdallah Zacharia (Author), Clemence Kinabo (Author), Twilumba Makene (Author), Huda Omary (Author), George Ogweno (Author), Faraja Lyamuya (Author), Billy Ngasala (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The World Health Organization recommends the use of Schisto point-of-care circulating cathodic antigens (Schisto POC-CCA) for screening of Schistosoma mansoni as it offers better sensitivity than microscopy. However, there are limitation facing the use of this method including ti...