An ultra-sensitive assay targeting the circulating anodic antigen for the diagnosis of Schistosoma japonicum in a low-endemic area, People's Republic of China

Acta Tropica

Volumn 141, Issue Part B, 2015, Pages 190-197

  van Dam, Govert J ^a   Xu, Jing ^b   Bergquist, Robert ^c   de Dood, Claudia J ^a   Utzinger, Jürg ^d,e   Qin, Zhi Qiang ^b   Guan, Wei ^b   Feng, Ting ^b   Yu, Xin Ling ^f   Zhou, Jie ^f   Zheng, Ma ^f   Zhou, Xiao Nong ^b   Corstjens, Paul L A M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute ^*  (Sweden)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f HUNAN INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

Author keywords

Circulating anodic antigen (CAA); Diagnosis; Immunohaemagglutination assay; Kato Katz technique; People's Republic of China; Schistosoma japonicum; Schistosomiasis; Up converting phosphor lateral flow assay

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; IMMUNOASSAY; PARASITE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KATO KATZ TECHNIQUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UP CONVERTING PHOSPHOR LATERAL FLOW ASSAY; URINALYSIS; WORM EGG; ANIMAL; BLOOD; FECES; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHINA; FECES; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84916927316     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.08.004     Document Type: Article

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