Sensitivity and specificity of human point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen (POC-CCA) test in African livestock for rapid diagnosis of schistosomiasis: A Bayesian latent class analysis.

• Main Authors: Beatriz Calvo-Urbano (Author), Elsa Léger (Author), Isobel Gabain (Author), Claudia J De Dood (Author), Nicolas D Diouf (Author), Anna Borlase (Author), James W Rudge (Author), Paul L A M Corstjens (Author), Mariama Sène (Author), Govert J Van Dam (Author), Martin Walker (Author), Joanne P Webster (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Schistosomiasis is a major neglected tropical disease (NTD) affecting both humans and animals. The morbidity and mortality inflicted upon livestock in the Afrotropical region has been largely overlooked, in part due to a lack of validated sensitive and specific tests, which do not require specialist...