Low specificity of point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen (POC CCA) diagnostic test in a non-endemic area for schistosomiasis mansoni in Brazil

Diagnostic performance of parasitological, immunological and molecular tests for the diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni infection in a community of low transmission in Venezuela

(2020) Elizabeth Ferrer et al.   ACTA TROPICA

Evaluation, Validation, and Recognition of the Point-of-Care Circulating Cathodic Antigen, Urine-Based Assay for Mapping Schistosoma mansoni Infections

(2020) Daniel G. Colley et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Detecting Schistosoma mansoni infections among pre-school-aged children in southern Ghana: a diagnostic comparison of urine-CCA, real-time PCR and Kato-Katz assays

(2020) Samuel Armoo et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Accuracy of real-time PCR (RT-PCR) to detect Schistosoma mansoni - infected individuals from an endemic area with low parasite loads

(2020) Fernanda do Carmo Magalhães et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Thirty-Day Daily Comparisons of Kato–Katz and CCA Assays of 45 Egyptian Children in Areas with Very Low Prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni

(2019) Ayat A. Haggag et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Multiple Praziquantel Treatments of Schistosoma mansoni Egg-Negative, CCA-Positive Schoolchildren in a Very Low Endemic Setting in Egypt Do Not Consistently Alter CCA Results

(2019) Ayat A. Haggag et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Criteria for identification of Schistosoma mansoni eggs in faecal sediments prepared with the Helmintex method and stained by ninhydrin

(2019) Renata Perotto de Souza et al.   MEMORIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ

Discrepancy between batches and impact on the sensitivity of point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen tests for Schistosoma mansoni infection

(2019) Agostinho Gonçalves Viana et al.   ACTA TROPICA

Suitability of commercially available POC-CCA tests for schistosomiasis: Considerations for efficiency, reproducibility and decision making criteria for field application in areas of low endemicity

(2019) Rafaella F.Q. Grenfell et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGICAL METHODS

An innovative and user-friendly scoring system for standardised quantitative interpretation of the urine-based point-of-care strip test (POC-CCA) for the diagnosis of intestinal schistosomiasis: a proof-of-concept study

(2019) Miriam Casacuberta-Partal et al.   ACTA TROPICA

Evaluating a point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen test (POC-CCA) to detect Schistosoma mansoni infections in a low endemic area in north-eastern Brazil

(2018) Fernando Schemelzer Moraes Bezerra et al.   ACTA TROPICA

Evaluation of diagnostic methods for the detection of intestinal schistosomiasis in endemic areas with low parasite loads: Saline gradient, Helmintex, Kato-Katz and rapid urine test

(2018) Warllem Junio Oliveira et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Study of diagnostic accuracy of Helmintex, Kato-Katz, and POC-CCA methods for diagnosing intestinal schistosomiasis in Candeal, a low intensity transmission area in northeastern Brazil

(2018) Catieli Gobetti Lindholz et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Is POC-CCA a truly reliable test for schistosomiasis diagnosis in low endemic areas? The trace results controversy

(2018) José M. Peralta et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Translating preventive chemotherapy prevalence thresholds for Schistosoma mansoni from the Kato-Katz technique into the point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen diagnostic test

(2018) Oliver Bärenbold et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Optimization of the Helmintex method for schistosomiasis diagnosis

(2017) Vivian Favero et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY

Sensitivity and specificity of the circulating cathodic antigen rapid urine test in the diagnosis of Schistosomiasis mansoni infection and evaluation of morbidity in a low- endemic area in Brazil

(2017) Fernanda Teixeira Ferreira et al.   Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Schistosomiasis is more prevalent than previously thought: what does it mean for public health goals, policies, strategies, guidelines and intervention programs?

(2017) Daniel G. Colley et al.   Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Accuracy of point-of-care testing for circulatory cathodic antigen in the detection of schistosome infection: systematic review and meta-analysis

(2016) Anthony Danso-Appiah et al.   BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Improvement of POC-CCA Interpretation by Using Lyophilization of Urine from Patients with Schistosoma mansoni Low Worm Burden: Towards an Elimination of Doubts about the Concept of Trace

(2016) Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

School-based and community-based actions for scaling-up diagnosis and treatment of schistosomiasis toward its elimination in an endemic area of Brazil

(2015) Tereza C. Favre et al.   ACTA TROPICA

A Five-Country Evaluation of a Point-of-Care Circulating Cathodic Antigen Urine Assay for the Prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni

(2013) Daniel G. Colley et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Preventive chemotherapy in human helminthiasis: theoretical and operational aspects

(2011) A.-F. Gabrielli et al.   TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE