Additional evaluation of the point-of-contact circulating cathodic antigen assay for Schistosoma mansoni infection

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 3, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Mwinzi, Pauline N M ^a   Kittur, Nupur ^b   Ochola, Elizabeth ^a   Cooper, Philip J ^c,d   Campbell, Carl H ^b   King, Charles H ^e   Colley, Daniel G ^b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Kato Katz; POC CCA; Praziquantel; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007355592     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2015.00048     Document Type: Article

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