Diagnostic accuracy of urine filtration and dipstick tests for Schistosoma haematobium infection in a lightly infected population of Ghanaian schoolchildren

Acta Tropica

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-127

  Kosinski, Karen C ^a   Bosompem, Kwabena M ^b   Stadecker, Miguel J ^c   Wagner, Anjuli D ^d,f   Plummer, Jeanine ^e   Durant, John L ^a   Gute, David M ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Hematuria; Urinary schistosomiasis; Urine filtration; Urogenital schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; FILTRATION; INFECTIVITY; PARASITIC DISEASE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; TESTING METHOD; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EGG PARASITOID; FEMALE; GHANA; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; RESCREENING; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST STRIP; URINALYSIS; URINE FILTRATION; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FILTRATION; GHANA; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENTS; URINE;

GHANA;

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 79955477503     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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