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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...
Autores principales: | Sousa-Figueiredo, José Carlos, Betson, Martha, Kabatereine, Narcis B., Stothard, J. Russell |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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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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