Evaluation of the CCA Immuno-Chromatographic Test to Diagnose Schistosoma mansoni in Minas Gerais State, Brazil

BACKGROUND: The Kato-Katz (KK) stool smear is the standard test for the diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni infection, but suffers from low sensitivity when infections intensities are moderate to low. Thus, misdiagnosed individuals remain untreated and contribute to the disease transmission, thereby fo...

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Autores principales: Silveira, Alda Maria Soares, Costa, Emanuele Gama Dutra, Ray, Debalina, Suzuki, Brian M., Hsieh, Michael H., Fraga, Lucia Alves de Oliveira, Caffrey, Conor R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4709075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26752073
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004357

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4709075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26752073
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004357

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