Infection intensity-dependent accuracy of reagent strip for the diagnosis of Schistosoma haematobium and estimation of treatment prevalence thresholds.

• Main Authors: Carla M Grolimund (Author), Oliver Bärenbold (Author), Christoph F Hatz (Author), Birgitte J Vennervald (Author), Charles Mayombana (Author), Hassan Mshinda (Author), Jürg Utzinger (Author), Penelope Vounatsou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>Reagent strip to detect microhematuria as a proxy for Schistosoma haematobium infections has been considered an alternative to urine filtration for individual diagnosis and community-based estimates of treatment needs for preventive chemotherapy. However, the diagnosti...