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Evaluation of the Use of a Urin Test Strip to Determine the Spread of Schistosoma Infections in Areas Where Schistosomiasis Infections Are Low in Kenya

NCT00463307 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1100

Last updated 2007-10-31

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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

Conditions

  • Schistosomiasis Mansoni
  • Circulating Cathodic Antigen Urine Based Dipstick

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • DBL -Institute for Health Research and Development

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hussein J Kihara, mr · Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Kenya

Eligibility

Min Age
10 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-04-30
Completion
2006-11-30

Countries

  • Kenya

Study Locations

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