Sensitivity and Specificity of a Urine Circulating Anodic Antigen Test for the Diagnosis of Schistosoma haematobium in Low Endemic Settings. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015 BACKGROUND:Elimination of schistosomiasis as a public health problem and interruption of transmission in selected areas are key goals of the World Health Organization for 2025.
Stefanie Knopp +10 more
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Human Elimination of Phthalate Compounds: Blood, Urine, and Sweat (BUS) Study
The Scientific World Journal, 2012 Background. Individual members of the phthalate family of chemical compounds are components of innumerable everyday consumer products, resulting in a high exposure scenario for some individuals and population groups. Multiple epidemiological studies have
Stephen J. Genuis +3 more
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Green Urine Due to Propofol: A Case Report with Review of Literature [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015 The change in the colour of urine is a known occurrence in an intensive care setting and is always a cause of concern to the clinicians who have to differentiate between benign and pathological causes.
Gautam Rawal, Sankalp Yadav
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Kinetics of Excretion of the Perfluoroalkyl Surfactant cC6O4 in Humans
Toxics, 2023 cC6O4 is a new-generation perfluoroalkyl surfactant used in the chemical industry for the synthesis of perfluoroalkyl polymers. It was introduced as a less biopersistent substitute of traditional perfluoroalkyl surfactants such as PFOA, but its kinetics ...
Silvia Fustinoni +4 more
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Accuracy of the urine point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen assay for diagnosing Schistosomiasis mansoni infection in Brazil: A multicenter study [PDF]
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2023 Background: The World Health Organization recommends a market-ready, urine-based point-of-care diagnostic test for circulating cathodic antigens (CCA) to determine the prevalence of S. mansoni.
Otavio Sarmento Pieri +20 more
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High diagnostic yield of tuberculosis from screening urine samples from HIV-infected patients with advanced immunodeficiency using the Xpert MTB/RIF assay. [PDF]
, 2012 : ABSTRACT:: We determined the diagnostic yield of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for tuberculosis (TB) when testing small volumes of urine from ambulatory HIV-infected patients prior to starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) in South Africa.
Vogt, M, Kerkhoff, AD, Wood, R, Lawn, SD
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ELIMINATION OF SPERMATOZOA IN THE URINE OF ISOLATED MALE RATS [PDF]
Reproduction, 1971 Evidence has been reported to indicate that non-ejaculated spermatozoa in adult animals of different mammalian species may be eliminated by phagocytosis (Morgenstern, 1924), voiding in the urine (Oslund, 1928; Wilhelm & Seligmann, 1937; Bolliger & Carrodus, 1938), and dissolution into the vas deferens (Simeone & Young, 1931), though the ...
E, Fernández-Collazo +2 more
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Presence of benznidazole conjugated metabolites in urine identified by β-glucuronidase treatment
Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2020 Chagas disease is a serious public health problem in Latin America and, due to migration, in other non-endemic regions. Benznidazole (BNZ) is first choice drug in pediatric therapeutics. However, little is known regarding its metabolism in humans.
María Elena Marson +5 more
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021 With reduced prevalence of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the Indian subcontinent (ISC), direct and field deployable diagnostic tests are needed to implement an effective diagnostic and surveillance algorithm for post-elimination VL control.
Faria Hossain +19 more
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Biomonitoring of concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in blood and urine of children at playgrounds within Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria [PDF]
Environmental Health and Toxicology, 2019 Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) exposure is among the leading air pollutants associated with diverse adverse health effects due to their persistent, bio-accumulative and toxic characteristics.
Verla Andrew Wirnkor +6 more
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