Schistosoma mansoni in a low-prevalence area in Brazil: The importance of additional methods for the diagnosis of hard-to-detect individual carriers by low-cost immunological assays

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 328-334

  Grenfell, Rafaella Fortini Queiroz ^a   Martins, Watson ^a   Enk, Martin ^a   Almeida, Áureo ^a   Siqueira, Liliane ^a   Silva Moraes, Vanessa ^a   Oliveira, Edward ^a   Carneiro, Nídia Francisca de Figueiredo ^b   Coelho, Paulo Marcos Zech ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Prefeitura Municipal de Montes Claros   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Additional diagnosis; Endemic area individuals; Immunodiagnosis; Low parasite burden; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BLOOD; DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METHODS; PARASITOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84877258050     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762013000300011     Document Type: Article

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