Performance (Sensitivity and Specificity) of a New Point-of-Care Immunochromatography to Screen for Imported Chronic Schistosomiasis Among Long-Term Sub-Saharan Migrants
ICT-b (s) shows a higher sensitivity than the other standard tests. An ICT-b (FP) strategy could be used as a first-step point-of-care screening tool for probable chronic schistosomiasis.
Authors
- Père-Joan Cardona (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5623-7873)
- Israel López-Muñoz
- Anna Chamorro
- Laura Soldevila (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3324-0225)
- Elena Abad
- Gema Fernández‐Rivas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4854-5934)
- Josep M. Llibre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7158-6753)
- Ester Gorriz
- Alba San José
- Xavier Vallès
- Elia Fernández-Pedregal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3979-1465)
- Sílvia Roure (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7982-0890)
- Olga Pérez‐Quílez
- Júlia Valera
- Dolores Herena
- Lluís Valerio
- Alaa H A Hegazy
Institutions
- Generalitat de Catalunya (ES)
- Fatih University (TR)
- Fundació ACE (ES)
- Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol (ES)
- Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-06-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf328
- Primary Topic
- Parasites and Host Interactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Ministry of Higher Education, Egypt