Field Evaluation of a Coproantigen Detection Test for Fascioliasis Diagnosis and Surveillance in Human Hyperendemic Areas of Andean Countries

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Valero, María Adela ^a   Periago, María Victoria ^a   Pérez Crespo, Ignacio ^a   Angles, René ^b   Villegas, Fidel ^c   Aguirre, Carlos ^b   Strauss, Wilma ^b   Espinoza, José R ^d   Herrera, Patricia ^d   Terashima, Angelica ^e   Tamayo, Hugo ^f   Engels, Dirk ^g   Gabrielli, Albis Francesco ^g   Mas Coma, Santiago ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^c Salud Pública Veterinaria OPS/OMS ^*  (Bolivia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^e INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^f PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Peru)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COPROANTIGEN DETECTION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MALE; OPTICAL DENSITY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BOLIVIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PARASITOLOGY; PERU; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84866903902     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001812     Document Type: Article

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