Combination of Kato-Katz faecal examinations and ELISA to improve accuracy of diagnosis of intestinal schistosomiasis in a low-endemic setting in Brazil

Acta Tropica

Volumn 120, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  da Frota, Sabrina Menezes ^a   Carneiro, Teiliane Rodrigues ^a   Queiroz, José Ajax Nogueira ^a   Alencar, Lúcia Maria ^b   Heukelbach, Jorg ^a,c   Bezerra, Fernando Schemelzer Moraes ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b Municipality of Fortaleza and Ceará State Secretariat of Health   (Brazil)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brazil; Diagnosis; ELISA; Kato Katz; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENDEMISM; FECES; HEALTH SURVEY; RURAL AREA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TESTING METHOD;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS; INTESTINE INFECTION; KATO KATZ SMEAR; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BRAZIL; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAZIL;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 80054023420     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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