Longevity of

Circulating cathodic antigen Dried urine spot Schistosoma mansoni Stability

Journal

Practical laboratory medicine
ISSN: 2352-5517
Titre abrégé: Pract Lab Med
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101690848

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Aug 2024
Historique:
received: 20 03 2024
revised: 22 06 2024
accepted: 30 08 2024
medline: 25 9 2024
pubmed: 25 9 2024
entrez: 25 9 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

This study aims to determine the temporal stability of Urine from 20 children confirmed to have In FP-DUS samples, POC-CCA scores initially increase after 4-8 weeks, but then showed a decrease in intensity while still remaining positive, independent of temperature condition. From week 4 to week 12, at least 80 % of urine samples had POC-CCA score of 3+, independent of temperature condition. However, 2 urine samples at RT tested negative at weeks 8 and 12. Despite the decrease in the intensity of test line in many samples,

Identifiants

pubmed: 39318968
doi: 10.1016/j.plabm.2024.e00426
pii: S2352-5517(24)00072-6
pmc: PMC11419883
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

e00426

Informations de copyright

© 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Auteurs

Abdallah Zacharia (A)

Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Clemence Kinabo (C)

Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Twilumba Makene (T)

Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Huda Omary (H)

Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

George Ogweno (G)

National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza, Tanzania.

Faraja Lyamuya (F)

Neglected Tropical Diseases Control Program, Ministry of Health, Dodoma, Tanzania.

Billy Ngasala (B)

Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

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