Assessment of the accuracy of 11 different diagnostic tests for the detection of schistosomiasis mansoni in individuals from a brazilian area of low endemicity using latent class analysis

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    And use in epidemiological surveys. Although recommended for use by health authorities in clinical settings, the KK test is not appropriate for use as a RST, because its lack of sensitivity would influence (i.e., bias) the assessment of the accuracy of any new test(s) under evaluation. In Brazil, there are more than 1.5 million people infected (Ministério da Saúde, 2019), especially in the Northeast and Southeast regions (Carvalho et_al, 2018; Katz, 2018). For these reasons, this is the method recommended by both the WHO and the Brazilian Ministry of . . .

     

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