An observational study in Schistosomiasis Mansoni and Circulating Cathodic Antigen Urine Based Dipstick, sponsored by DBL -Institute for Health Research and Development. Completed at 1 site in Kenya. Open to participants aged 10 Years to 18 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2007-10-31.
Sponsored by DBL -Institute for Health Research and Development · Observational
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of a urine test strip in diagnose schistosoma mansoni in areas of Kenya where the rate of infections are low.
The hypothesis is that the urine strip test is a superior tool to the conventional parasitological tools used to diagnose schistosomiasis mansoni infections in area where there is low transmission
The study will compare the use of the urine test strip with the conventional method used and with a "golden standard" methode, in an area of Kenya where the infection transmission is low. Furthermore will the urine test strip be evaluatied in its ability to monitor the intensity of infections in school children before and after they are been treated for the infections.
A total of 1100 school children in the age between 10 and 18 years will be included in the study. Children have to submitt a stool and a urine sample on three consecutive days. Children who are found to be infected with the schistosomiasis parasite will be offered treatment.
86 studies on the registry are indexed under Schistosomiasis; 15 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 1,100 is above the median of 516 across 30 observational studies indexed under Schistosomiasis.
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