Mapping Schistosoma mansoni endemicity in Rwanda: a critical assessment of geographical disparities arising from circulating cathodic antigen versus Kato-Katz diagnostics

BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by Schistosoma parasites. Intervention relies on identifying high-risk regions, yet rapid Schistosoma diagnostics (Kato-Katz stool assays (KK) and circulating cathodic antigen urine assays (CCA)) yield different prevalence estimates....

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Publicado en:PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Main Authors: Clark, Nicholas J., Umulisa, Irenee, Ruberanziza, Eugene, Owada, Kei, Colley, Daniel G., Ortu, Giuseppina, Campbell, Carl H., Ruzindana, Emmanuel, Lancaster, Warren, Mbonigaba, Jean Bosco, Mbituyumuremyi, Aimable, Fenwick, Alan, Soares Magalhaes, Ricardo J., Turate, Innocent
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6786642/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31568504
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007723
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