Schistosomiasis is a major neglected tropical disease that afflicts more than 240 million
people, including many children and young adults, in the tropics and subtropics. The …

Schistosomiasis is a common disease in endemic areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, South
America and Asia. It is rare in Europe, mainly imported from endemic countries due to …

We evaluated a commercial point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen (POC-CCA) test for
assessing Schistosoma mansoni infection prevalence in areas at risk. Overall, 4,405 school …

The potential of various quantitative lateral flow (LF) based assays utilizing up-converting
phosphor (UCP) reporters for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis is reviewed including recent …

Background Two Kato-Katz thick smears (Kato-Katzs) from a single stool are currently
recommended for diagnosing Schistosoma mansoni infections to map areas for intervention …

Compared to malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, schistosomiasis remains a truly neglected
tropical disease. Schistosomiasis, perhaps more than any other disease, is entrenched in …

Schistosoma sp. circular anodic antigen (CAA) serum concentrations reflect actual worm
burden in a patient and are a valuable tool for population screening and epidemiological …

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 …

In the detection of parasitic infection, the traditional methods based on microscopy often
have low sensitivity and/or specificity compared with the newer, molecular tests. An assay …

Despite extensive efforts over the last few decades, the global disease burden of
schistosomiasis still remains unacceptably high. This could partly be attributed to the lack of …