Evaluation of circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) urine-cassette assay as a survey tool for Schistosoma mansoni in different transmission settings within Bugiri District, Uganda

Acta Tropica

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 50-57

  Adriko, M ^a,b   Standley, C J ^c   Tinkitina, B ^a,b   Tukahebwa, E M ^a   Fenwick, A ^d   Fleming, F M ^d   Sousa Figueiredo, J C ^e,f   Stothard, J R ^e   Kabatereine, N B ^b,d  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Circulating cathodic antigen (CCA); Diagnostic methods; Intestinal schistosomiasis; Point of care diagnosis (POC); Rapid diagnostic test (RDT); Schistosoma mansoni; Uganda

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL; CCA PROTEIN, SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; GLYCOPROTEIN; HELMINTH PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN; BIOASSAY; DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; MAPPING; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TESTING METHOD;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHILD; CIRCULATING CATHODIC ANTIGEN CASSETTE ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KATO KATZ FECAL SMEAR METHOD; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA; URINALYSIS; ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; URINE;

UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UGANDA;

EID: 84899834640     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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