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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Veröffentlicht in:PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Hauptverfasser: 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
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Public Library of Science 2019
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Online Zugang: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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