The World Health Organization,Western Pacific Region,International Development Research Centre,Phase 2 has funded our study,along with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and the Swiss National Science Foundation(project No.IZ07Z0-160930,R4D).
Background:The point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen(POC-CCA)test is increasingly used as a rapid diagnostic method for Schistosoma mansoni infection.The test has good sensitivity,although false positive results ...