Improved sensitivity of the urine CAA lateral-flow assay for diagnosing active Schistosoma infections by using larger sample volumes

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Corstjens, Paul L A M ^a   Nyakundi, Ruth K ^b   De Dood, Claudia J ^a   Kariuki, Thomas M ^b   Ochola, Elizabeth A ^c   Karanja, Diana M S ^c   Mwinzi, Pauline N M ^c   Van Dam, Govert J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Active infection; Circulating anodic antigen (CAA); Diagnostic test; Elimination; Lateral flow (LF); Schistosomiasis; Transmission interruption; Upconverting phosphor (UCP)

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CIRCULATING ANODIC ANTIGEN; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CIRCULATING ANODIC ANTIGEN, SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; GLYCOPROTEIN; HELMINTH PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; KENYA; MICROSCOPY; NETHERLANDS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; URINALYSIS; URINE LATERAL FLOW ASSAY; ANIMAL; FECES; METABOLISM; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; URINE;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; FECES; GLYCOPROTEINS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84929332765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-0857-7     Document Type: Article

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