Detection of schistosomiasis cases in low-transmission areas based on coprologic and serologic criteria. The Venezuelan experience

Acta Tropica

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-49

  Alarcon de Noya B ^a   Ruiz, R ^a   Losada, S ^a   Colmenares, C ^a   Contreras, R ^a   Cesari, I M ^b   Noya, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Low transmission; Schistosoma mansoni; Serology

Indexed keywords

PERIODATE SODIUM;

ANTIGEN; CHEMOTHERAPY; COPROLITE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGG; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTIVITY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; VENEZUELA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; HUMANS; INFANT; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; VENEZUELA;

SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 34447530832     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2007.04.018     Document Type: Article

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