Notes on the use of urine-CCA dipsticks for detection of intestinal schistosomiasis in preschool children

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 619-622

  Navaratnam, A M D ^a   Mutumba Nakalembe, M J ^a   Stothard, J R ^b   Kabatereine, N B ^c   Fenwick, A ^a   Sousa Figueiredo, J C ^b,d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

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

Author keywords

Control programmes; Diagnostic scores; Diagnostic tests; Neglected tropical diseases; Rapid mapping; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHODE RAY TUBE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS; KATO KATZ EXAMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA; URINALYSIS; URINE CIRCULATING CATHODIC ANTIGEN DIPSTICK;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; REAGENT STRIPS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA; URINE;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 84865983592     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2012.06.010     Document Type: Article

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