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Concordance of the point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen test for the diagnosis of intestinal schistosomiasis in a low endemicity area

BACKGROUND: The Kato-Katz technique is recommended worldwide for the diagnosis of intestinal schistosomiasis, detecting parasite eggs in feces of infected people. However, new tests have been developed in order to facilitate diagnosis, e.g. by detection of specific antigens secreted by schistosomes,...

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Autores principales: de Sousa, Sergei Rodrigo Magalhães, Dias, Isabelle Helena Lima, Fonseca, Álvaro Luan Santana, Contente, Bianca Rodrigues, Nogueira, Joyce Favacho Cardoso, da Costa Oliveira, Tatyellen Natasha, Geiger, Stefan Michael, Enk, Martin Johannes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6542115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31142379
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-019-0551-7