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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
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Study NCT00463307   Information provided by DBL -Institute for Health Research and Development
First Received: April 19, 2007   Last Updated: October 30, 2007   History of Changes

April 19, 2007
October 30, 2007
April 2006
 
 
 
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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
Evaluation of Applicability of Urine Based Schistosomiasis Test Strip in the Epidemiologic Mapping and Sampling of Schistosoma Mansoni Infection in Low Endemic Areas of Kenya

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.

 
Observational
Other
  • Schistosomiasis Mansoni
  • Circulating Cathodic Antigen Urine Based Dipstick
 
 
 

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Completed
1100
November 2006
 

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Children in the age between 10 and 18 years

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Children younger then 10 years of age and children whos parent/guardians did not give informed consents for their participation in the study
Both
10 Years to 18 Years
No
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Kenya
 
NCT00463307
 
SRP-KY-JK-06
DBL -Institute for Health Research and Development
 
Principal Investigator: Hussein J Kihara, mr Division of Vector Borne Diseases, Kenya
DBL -Institute for Health Research and Development
October 2007

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