Field assessment in Cameroon of a reader of POC-CCA lateral flow strips for the quantification of Schistosoma mansoni circulating cathodic antigen in urine.

• Main Authors: Estelle Mezajou Mewamba (Author), Arnol Auvaker Zebaze Tiofack (Author), Cyrille Nguemnang Kamdem (Author), Romuald Isaka Kamwa Ngassam (Author), Mureille Carole Tchami Mbagnia (Author), Oscar Nyangiri (Author), Harry Noyes (Author), Hilaire Marcaire Womeni (Author), Flobert Njiokou (Author), Gustave Simo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>Determining Schistosoma mansoni infection rate and intensity is challenging due to the low sensitivity of the Kato-Katz (KK) test that underestimates the true disease prevalence. Circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) excreted in urine is constantly produced by adult worms...