Detecting Schistosoma mansoni infections among pre-school-aged children in southern Ghana: a diagnostic comparison of urine-CCA, real-time PCR and Kato-Katz assays

BACKGROUND: In Ghana, pre-school-aged children (PSAC) are at risk of intestinal schistosomiasis and are living in need of praziquantel treatment. To better assess the infection burden within this vulnerable demographic group, we have provided a comparative assessment of the prevalence of Schistosoma...

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Autores principales: Armoo, Samuel, Cunningham, Lucas J., Campbell, Suzy J., Aboagye, Frank T., Boampong, Freda K., Hamidu, Buhari A., Osei-Atweneboana, Mike Y., Stothard, J. Russell, Adams, Emily R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7178570/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32321418
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05034-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7178570/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32321418
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05034-2

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