Applicability of a monoclonal antibody-based dipstick in diagnosis of urinary schistosomiasis in the Central Region of Ghana

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 991-996

  Bosompem, Kwabena M ^a   Owusu, Osei ^a   Okanla, E O ^a   Kojima, Somei ^b  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Dipstick; Monoclonal antibody; Urinary schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; HEALTH MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; PARASITE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CESTODE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEMATURIA; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PROTEINURIA; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; CESTODA; HAEMATOBIA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 4644226557     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01289.x     Document Type: Article

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