Evaluation of point-of-contact circulating cathodic antigen assays for the detection of Schistosoma mansoni infection in low-, moderate-, and high-prevalence schools in western Kenya

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1227-1232

  Foo, Karen T ^a,b   Blackstock, Anna J ^a,b   Ochola, Elizabeth A ^a,c   Matete, Daniel O ^a,c   Mwinzi, Pauline N M ^a,c   Montgomery, Susan P ^a,b   Karanja, Diana M S ^a,c   Secor, W Evan ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; KENYA; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANIMAL; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; EVALUATION STUDY; FECES; FEMALE; LAKE; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URINE;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

DIAGNOSTIC KIT; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; LAKES; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCHOOLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84930608712     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0643     Document Type: Article

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