Use of circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) dipsticks for detection of intestinal and urinary schistosomiasis

• Published in: Acta tropica Vol. 97; no. 2; pp. 219 - 228
• Main Authors: Stothard, J. Russell, Kabatereine, Narcis B., Tukahebwa, Edridah M., Kazibwe, Francis, Rollinson, David, Mathieson, William, Webster, Joanne P., Fenwick, Alan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.02.2006; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animals; Antigens, Helminth - chemistry; Antigens, Helminth - urine; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child, Preschool; Circulating cathodic antigen; Cohort Studies; Diagnosis; Diseases caused by trematodes; Feces - parasitology; Female; Glycoproteins - urine; Helminth Proteins - urine; Helminthic diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Medical sciences; Parasite Egg Count; Parasitic diseases; Predictive Value of Tests; Quality Control; Rapid diagnostic test; Reagent Strips - economics; Schistosoma haematobium; Schistosoma haematobium - isolation & purification; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosoma mansoni - isolation & purification; Schistosomiases; Schistosomiasis haematobia - epidemiology; Schistosomiasis haematobia - parasitology; Schistosomiasis haematobia - urine; Schistosomiasis mansoni - epidemiology; Schistosomiasis mansoni - parasitology; Schistosomiasis mansoni - urine; Sensitivity and Specificity; Tanzania - epidemiology; Uganda - epidemiology; Uganda; Africa; Tanzania; Schistosoma mansoni; Rapid diagnostic test; Schistosoma haematobium; Diagnosis; Circulating cathodic antigen; Urine; Trematode disease; Gut; Plathelmintha; Parasitosis; Helminthiasis; Trematoda; Infection; Antigen; Schistosomiasis; Rapid technique; Helmintha; Tropical medicine; Invertebrata; Detection

An evaluation of a commercially available antigen capture dipstick that detects schistosome circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) in urine was conducted in representative endemic areas for intestinal and urinary schistosomiasis in Uganda and Zanzibar, respectively. Under field-based conditions, the sen...