Improvement of POC-CCA Interpretation by Using Lyophilization of Urine from Patients with Schistosoma mansoni Low Worm Burden: Towards an Elimination of Doubts about the Concept of Trace.

Improvement of POC-CCA Interpretation by Using Lyophilization of Urine from Patients with Schistosoma mansoni Low Worm Burden: Towards an Elimination of Doubts about the Concept of Trace.

BACKGROUND:Accurate diagnostic techniques for schistosomiasis are essential for prevalence determination and identification of positive patients. A point-of-care test for detecting schistosome circulating cathodic antigen (POC-CCA) has been evaluated for its accuracy in different endemic regions. Th...

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Main Authors: Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho, Liliane Maria Vidal Siqueira, Rafaella Fortini Queiroz Grenfell, Nathalie Bonatti Franco Almeida, Naftale Katz, Áureo Almeida, Nídia Francisca de Figueiredo Carneiro, Edward Oliveira
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-06-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4915691?pdf=render

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