Accuracy of the urine point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen assay for diagnosing Schistosomiasis mansoni infection in Brazil: A multicenter study

Accuracy of the urine point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen assay for diagnosing Schistosomiasis mansoni infection in Brazil: A multicenter study

ABSTRACT Background: The World Health Organization recommends a market-ready, urine-based point-of-care diagnostic test for circulating cathodic antigens (CCA) to determine the prevalence of S. mansoni. This study evaluated the performance of the URINE CCA (SCHISTO) ECO TESTE® (POC-ECO), which is c...

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Main Authors: Otavio Sarmento Pieri, Fernando Schemelzer Moraes Bezerra, Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho, Martin Johannes Enk, Tereza Cristina Favre, Carlos Graeff-Teixeira, Ricardo Riccio Oliveira, Mitermayer Galvão dos Reis, Lee Senhorinha de Almeida Andrade, Lilian Christina Nóbrega Holsbach Beck, Vivian Favero, Thainá Rodrigues de Souza Fialho, Ricardo José de Paula Souza e Guimarães, Bruna Souza Santos Oliveira, Vanessa Fey Pascoal, Marta Cristhiany Cunha Pinheiro, Ronald Alves dos Santos, Luciano Kalabric Silva, Isadora Cristina de Siqueira, Renata Perotto de Souza, Naftale Katz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2023-01-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Schistosoma mansoni
Point-of-care (POC)
Circulating cathodic antigen (CCA)
Kato-Katz
Helmintex
Brazil
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