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  • Title: Application in Europe of a urine-based rapid diagnostic test for confirmation of Schistosoma mansoni infection in migrants from endemic areas.
    Author: Becker SL, Marti H, Zimmermann S, Vidacek D, Herrmann M, Utzinger J, Schnabel PA, Bohle RM.
    Journal: Euro Surveill; 2015 Jun 11; 20(23):. PubMed ID: 26084315.
    Abstract:
    In February 2015, a male patient from Eritrea with persistent abdominal pain and rectal bleeding was diagnosed with Schistosoma mansoni infection upon examination of a rectal biopsy. In May 2015, repeated stool microscopy identified S. mansoni infection in another Eritrean patient with abdominal pain and considerable eosinophilia (34%). Use of point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen (POC-CCA) tests on urine confirmed S. mansoni infection in both patients. Wider application of non-invasive POC-CCA urine tests will improve schistosomiasis diagnosis and clinical management in migrants.
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