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Schistosoma mansoni Diagnosis Pre- and Post-Repeated-Praziquantel Treatment.
Kato-Katz thick smears and urine point-of care circulating cathodic antigen tests (POC-CCA) for the diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni infections in primary school children in Uganda. Whilst Kato-Katz thick smears enable the concurrent diagnosis and quantification of soil transmitted helminthiases, POC-CCA can only detect (intestinal) schistosomiasis infections. However, POC-CCA are rapid, more culturally acceptable and have a higher sensitivity as infection intensities decrease with on-going mass drug administration. See Lamberton et al.
Image Credit: Poppy Lamberton
Citation: (2014) PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases Issue Image | Vol. 8(9) September 2014. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 8(9): ev08.i09. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pntd.v08.i09
Published: September 25, 2014
Copyright: © 2014 Lamberton et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Kato-Katz thick smears and urine point-of care circulating cathodic antigen tests (POC-CCA) for the diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni infections in primary school children in Uganda. Whilst Kato-Katz thick smears enable the concurrent diagnosis and quantification of soil transmitted helminthiases, POC-CCA can only detect (intestinal) schistosomiasis infections. However, POC-CCA are rapid, more culturally acceptable and have a higher sensitivity as infection intensities decrease with on-going mass drug administration. See Lamberton et al.
Image Credit: Poppy Lamberton