Performance of circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) urine-dipsticks for rapid detection of intestinal schistosomiasis in schoolchildren from shoreline communities of Lake Victoria

Abstract For disease surveillance and mapping within large-scale control programmes, RDTs are becoming popular. For intestinal schistosomiasis, a commercially available urine-dipstick which detects schistosome circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) in host urine is being increasingly applied, however, f...
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Standley, CJ [verfasserIn]

Lwambo, NJS

Lange, CN

Kariuki, HC

Adriko, M

Stothard, JR

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E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2010

Schlagwörter:

Positive Predictive Value

Negative Predictive Value

Schistosomiasis

Infection Prevalence

Praziquantel

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© Standley et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2010. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (

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Enthalten in: Parasites & vectors - London : BioMed Central, 2008, 3(2010), 1 vom: 05. Feb.

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volume:3 ; year:2010 ; number:1 ; day:05 ; month:02

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DOI / URN:

10.1186/1756-3305-3-7

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SPR030166071

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