Background Point‐of‐care (POC) tests for diagnosing schistosomiasis include tests based
on circulating antigen detection and urine reagent strip tests. If they had sufficient diagnostic …

Schistosomiasis is the second most devastating parasite prevalent in the tropical region of
the world, posing significant public health impacts in endemic areas. Presently, several …

Background Accurate diagnosis is pivotal for implementing strategies for surveillance,
control, and elimination of schistosomiasis. Despite their low sensitivity in low-endemicity …

Parasitic diseases remain as a major public health problem worldwide, not only based on
their historically high morbidity and mortality rates, but also because risk factors associated …

In light of the World Health Organization's initiative to extend schistosomiasis morbidity and
mortality control programs by including a disease elimination strategy in low endemic …

The specificity of schistosome circulating antigen detection was determined in negative
individuals from two S. mansoni‐endemic countries, Senegal and Burundi, and compared …

Detection of circulating anodic antigen (CAA) is known for its high sensitivity in diagnosing
schistosomiasis infection, even in low-prevalence settings. The Up-Converting Phosphor …

After 57 years of successful control of schistosomiasis in Venezuela, the prevalence and
intensity of infection have declined. Approximately 80% of the individuals eliminate less than …

Summary objectives To evaluate an immunofluorescence antibody test (IFAT) for diagnosis
of schistosomiasis in nonimmune travellers and immigrants from endemic areas. methods …

A field survey on schistosomiais was carried out in 1998, in the municipality of Pedro de
Toledo, a low endemic area in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. According to the parasitologic …