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Reliability of point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen assay for diagnosing ...
Favre,Tereza Cristina; Beck,Lilian Christina Nóbrega Holsback; Bezerra,Fernando Schemelzer Moraes; Graeff-Teixeira,Carlos; Coelho,Paulo Marcos ZechABSTRACT Background The World Health Organization recommends reliable point-of-care (POC) diagnostic testing to eliminate schistosomiasis. Lateral flow immunoassay that detects schistosome circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) in urine to establish prevalence thresholds for intervention in endemic areas is recommended. Stored urine may be useful if surveying at-risk populations is delayed or interrupted by unfores...
Authors' reply: Vitamins in the treatment of chronic Chagas disease: adjuvant a...
Andrade,Mônica Coelho; Oliveira,Maria de Fátima; Nagao-Dias,Aparecida Tiemi; Coêlho,Ivo Castelo Branco; Cândido,Darlan da Silva; Freitas,Erlane Chaves
Increased detection of schistosomiasis with Kato-Katz and SWAP-IgG-ELISA in a N...
Carneiro,Teiliane Rodrigues; Pinheiro,Marta Cristhiany Cunha; Oliveira,Sara Menezes de; Hanemann,Ana Lúcia de Paula; Queiroz,José Ajax NogueiraINTRODUCTION: The laboratory diagnosis of schistosomiasis is based mainly on the detection of parasite eggs in stool samples through the Kato-Katz (KK) technique, reading one slide by test. However, a widely known limitation of parasitological methods is reduced sensitivity, particularly in low endemic areas. METHODS: To increase sensitivity, we conducted further slide readings from the same stool sample using ...