Sensitivity and specificity of point-of-care circulating Cathodic antigen test before and after praziquantel treatment in diagnosing Schistosoma mansoni infection in adult population co-infected with human immunodeficiency virus-1, North-Western Tanzania

Abstract Background The effect of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1) on CD4+ Th2 cells is hypothesized to affect parasitological diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni using Kato Katz technique. Thus, the use of more sensitive technique such as Point-of-Care Circulating Cathodic Antigen (POC-CCA) test...

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Main Authors: Humphrey D. Mazigo (Author), Stella Kepha (Author), Safari M. Kinung'hi (Author)
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Published: BMC, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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