The Urine Circulating Cathodic Antigen (CCA) Dipstick: A Valid Substitute for Microscopy for Mapping and Point-Of-Care Diagnosis of Intestinal Schistosomiasis

BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization now recommends the provision of praziquantel treatment to preschool-aged children infected with schistosomiasis. For intestinal schistosomiasis the current operational field diagnostic standard is examination of a thick Kato-Katz smear by microscopy prepared...

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Autores principales: Sousa-Figueiredo, José Carlos, Betson, Martha, Kabatereine, Narcis B., Stothard, J. Russell
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3554525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23359826
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002008

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3554525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23359826
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002008

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