Schistosoma mansoni infections in young children: When are schistosome antigens in urine, eggs in stool and antibodies to eggs first detectable?

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Stothard, J Russell ^a   Sousa Figuereido, Jose C ^a,b   Betson, Martha ^a   Adriko, Moses ^c   Arinaitwe, Moses ^c   Rowell, Candia ^c   Besiyge, Fred ^c   Kabatereine, Narcis B ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EGG PARASITOID; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA; URINALYSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; URINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA;

EID: 79851485913     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000938     Document Type: Article

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