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

• Päätekijät: Carla M Grolimund (Tekijä), Oliver Bärenbold (Tekijä), Christoph F Hatz (Tekijä), Birgitte J Vennervald (Tekijä), Charles Mayombana (Tekijä), Hassan Mshinda (Tekijä), Jürg Utzinger (Tekijä), Penelope Vounatsou (Tekijä)
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• Julkaistu: 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...