The use of the circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) urine cassette assay for the diagnosis and assessment of cure of Schistosoma mansoni infections in an endemic area of the Amazon region

The use of the circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) urine cassette assay for the diagnosis and assessment of cure of Schistosoma mansoni infections in an endemic area of the Amazon region

Abstract INTRODUCTION Schistosomiasis is a poverty-related disease that affects people in 78 countries worldwide. This study aimed to evaluate the point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen (POC-CCA) test performance using sensitive parasitological methods as a reference standard (RS) in individua...

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Main Authors: Sergei Rodrigo Magalhães de Sousa, Joyce Favacho Cardoso Nogueira, Isabelle Helena Lima Dias, Álvaro Luan Santana Fonseca, Vivian Favero, Stefan Michael Geiger, Martin Johannes Enk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2020-09-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Schistosoma mansoni
Kato-Katz
Helmintex®
POC-CCA
Treatment
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