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The usefulness of indirect diagnostic tests for Schistosoma haematobium infection after repeated rounds of mass treatment with praziquantel in Mpwapwa and Chakechake districts in Tanzania

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background: Indirect diagnostic tests are used to assess the disease burden and to monitor the impact of different interventions in areas endemic for urinary schistosomiasis.
Billy Ngasala, Hamza Juma, Richard O. Mwaiswelo   +2 more
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Simple Detection of Pigment Red 53 as a Hazardous Substance in Cosmetic Preparation Using a Polymer Combination of Polystyrene (PS) and Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA)

Molecules, 2022
Pigment red 53 is a synthetic dye that has been banned in cosmetic products due to the possibility of causing blood disorders and spleen sarcoma. The indicator strip employs qualitative analysis methods that are simpler, easier, and quicker than an ...
Rimadani Pratiwi, Syifa Amanda, Aliya Nur Hasanah   +2 more
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The Validity of Haematuria and Proteinuria by chemical reagent strip for diagnosis of Schistosoma haematobium infection [PDF]

Journal of Bioscience and Applied Research, 2017
Background: Urinary schistosomiasis is a chronic water-borne disease that affects the lives of millions of people globally especially the rural areas of developing countries, Microscopic examination can quantify the intensity of the S.haematobium ...
Ahmed Yameny
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Prevalence of Urinary Schistosomiasis in Al-Rusafah Regions of Baghdad governarate

مجلة بغداد للعلوم, 2016
Urinary Schistosomiasis is one of important diseases that cause irritation and damage of urinary tract and other systems and tissues and can not be expected by doctors when diagnosing urinary tract diseases.The current study is conducted to investigate ...
Baghdad Science Journal
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COMPARISON OF METHODS FOR ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE AND PEROXIDASE DETECTION IN MILK

Revista do Instituto de Latícinios Cândido Tostes, 2014
This study evaluated the performance of strips for colorimetric detection of alkaline phosphatase and peroxidase in milk, comparing them with a kit of reagents for alkaline phosphatase and the official methodology for peroxidase.
felipe Nael Seixas, Rafael Fagnani, Edson Antônio Rios, Juliana Ramos Pereira, Ronaldo Tamanini, Vanerli Beloti   +5 more
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Utility of urine reagent strips in cerebrospinal fluid analysis: An aid to bedside diagnosis of meningitis

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 2018
Context: The provision of initial treatment to a patient with suspected meningitis depends greatly on early recognition and rapid diagnostic evaluation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leukocytes, proteins, and glucose.
Sujaya Mazumder, B S Ramya, Dayananda S Biligi   +2 more
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Diagnostic accuracy of urine dipstick for proteinuria in older outpatients

Kidney Research and Clinical Practice, 2014
Background: The urine dipstick is widely used as an initial screening tool for the evaluation of proteinuria; however, its diagnostic accuracy has not yet been sufficiently evaluated.
Dongmin Lim, Dong-Young Lee, Soung Ha Cho, One Zoong Kim, Sang Woo Cho, Su Kyoung An, Hwe Won Kim, Kyoung Hyoub Moon, Myung Hee Lee, Beom Kim   +9 more
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Rapid diagnosis of meningitis using reagent strips [PDF]

, 2004
Objectives: Identification of causative agent with estimation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) glucose, protein, cells is necessary for accurate diagnosis of meningitis. Unfortunately, even these facilities are not available in many areas.
Swapna Warke, Ramesh C. Parmar, Jaishree R. Kamat, Poonam Sira   +3 more
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Hematobium schistosomiasis control for health management of labor force generation at Nkhotakota and Lilongwe in the Republic of Malawi—assumed to be related to occupational risk

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2019
Background In Malawi, hematobium schistosomiasis is highly endemic. According to previous studies, countermeasures have been conducted mainly in school-aged children.
Nobuyuki Mishima, Samuel K. Jemu, Tomoaki Kuroda, Koichiro Tabuchi, Andrew W. Darcy, Takaki Shimono, Pheophet Lamaningao, Mari Miyake, Seiji Kanda, Susan Ng’ambi, Yoshihiro Komai, Hirofumi Maeba, Hiroyuki Amano, Toshimasa Nishiyama   +13 more
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Development of a portable toolkit to diagnose coral thermal stress

Scientific Reports, 2022
Coral bleaching, precipitated by the expulsion of the algal symbionts that provide colonies with fixed carbon is a global threat to reef survival. To protect corals from anthropogenic stress, portable tools are needed to detect and diagnose stress ...
Zhuolun Meng, Amanda Williams, Pinky Liau, Timothy G. Stephens, Crawford Drury, Eric N. Chiles, Xiaoyang Su, Mehdi Javanmard, Debashish Bhattacharya   +8 more
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