Rapid clearance of Schistosoma mansoni circulating cathodic antigen after treatment shown by urine strip tests in a Ugandan fishing community - Relevance for monitoring treatment efficacy and re-infection

• Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 11; no. 11; p. e0006054
• Main Authors: Kildemoes, Anna O, Vennervald, Birgitte J, Tukahebwa, Edridah M, Kabatereine, Narcis B, Magnussen, Pascal, de Dood, Claudia J, Deelder, André M, Wilson, Shona, van Dam, Govert J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 13.11.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Animals; Anthelmintics - therapeutic use; Antigens; Antigens, Helminth - urine; Biology and Life Sciences; Care and treatment; Child; Cohort Studies; Cohorts; Collections; Countries; Cross-Sectional Studies; Detection; Diagnosis; Diagnostic software; Diagnostic systems; Earth Sciences; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Effectiveness; Eggs; Feces - parasitology; Female; Fishing; Fishing communities; Funding; Gender; Health aspects; Human blood fluke; Humans; Infections; Infectious diseases; Levels; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Microscopy; Middle Aged; Monoclonal antibodies; Objectives; Parasitology; Physiological aspects; Praziquantel; Praziquantel - therapeutic use; Public health; Reagent Strips; Removal; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosoma mansoni - immunology; Schistosomiasis; Schistosomiasis mansoni - drug therapy; Schistosomiasis mansoni - epidemiology; Schistosomiasis mansoni - urine; Sensitivity and Specificity; Single-Blind Method; Soil; Specificity; Supervision; Systematic review; Tropical diseases; Uganda - epidemiology; Urine; Young Adult; Uganda

ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00215267.