Field assessment in Cameroon of a reader of POC-CCA lateral flow strips for the quantification of Schistosoma mansoni circulating cathodic antigen in urine

BACKGROUND: Determining Schistosoma mansoni infection rate and intensity is challenging due to the low sensitivity of the Kato-Katz (KK) test that underestimates the true disease prevalence. Circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) excreted in urine is constantly produced by adult worms and has been used...

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Autores principales: Mewamba, Estelle Mezajou, Tiofack, Arnol Auvaker Zebaze, Kamdem, Cyrille Nguemnang, Ngassam, Romuald Isaka Kamwa, Mbagnia, Mureille Carole Tchami, Nyangiri, Oscar, Noyes, Harry, Womeni, Hilaire Marcaire, Njiokou, Flobert, Simo, Gustave
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8312929/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34260610
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009569

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