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Circulating cathodic antigen cassette test versus haematuria strip test in diagnosis of urinary schistosomiasis
Journal_of_parasitic_diseases • 2015
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Authors
Azza S. El-Ghareeb, Ghada S. Abd El Motaleb, Nevien Maher Waked, Nancy Osman Hany Kamel, Nagwa Shaban Aly
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Journal_of_parasitic_diseases
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1
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International
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Abstract
Urinary schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma haematobium constitutes a major
public health problem in many tropical and sub-tropical countries. This study was
conducted to evaluate circulating cathodic antigen cassette test and haematuria strip
test for detection of Schistosoma haematobium in urine samples and to evaluate their
screening performance among the study population. Microscopy was used as a gold
standard. A total of 600 urine samples were examined by microscopy for detection of
Schistosoma haematobium eggs, screened for microhaematuria using Self-Stik
reagent strips and screened for Circulating Cathodic Antigen using the urine-CCA
cassette test. The specificity of CCA ,microhaematuria and macrohaematuria was
96.4% , 40.6% and 31.2% respectively while the sensitivity was 88.2%, 99.3% and
100% respectively which was statistically significant (P
public health problem in many tropical and sub-tropical countries. This study was
conducted to evaluate circulating cathodic antigen cassette test and haematuria strip
test for detection of Schistosoma haematobium in urine samples and to evaluate their
screening performance among the study population. Microscopy was used as a gold
standard. A total of 600 urine samples were examined by microscopy for detection of
Schistosoma haematobium eggs, screened for microhaematuria using Self-Stik
reagent strips and screened for Circulating Cathodic Antigen using the urine-CCA
cassette test. The specificity of CCA ,microhaematuria and macrohaematuria was
96.4% , 40.6% and 31.2% respectively while the sensitivity was 88.2%, 99.3% and
100% respectively which was statistically significant (P