Acute schistosomiasis diagnosis: a new tool for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis in a group of travelers recently infected in a new focus of Schistosoma mansoni

Acute schistosomiasis diagnosis: a new tool for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis in a group of travelers recently infected in a new focus of Schistosoma mansoni

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Introduction The diagnosis of schistosomiasis mansoni on early stages of infection is important to prevent late morbidity. A simple, cheap, sensitive and specific assay for routine diagnosis of schistosome infection based on the detection of specific IgG for schistosomula tegument antigens (ELI...

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Main Authors: Rafaella Fortini Queiroz Grenfell, Watson Martins, Sandra Costa Drummond, Carlos Maurício de Figueiredo Antunes, Izabela Voieta, Alba Otoni, Áureo Almeida de Oliveira, Vanessa Silva-Moraes, Eduardo Ribeiro de Oliveira, Edward Oliveira, José Roberto Lambertucci, Cristina Toscano Fonseca, Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2013-04-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Schistosomiasis mansoni
Immunological diagnosis
Schistosomula antigens
Acute outbreak
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822013000200208&lng=en&tlng=en

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