Accuracy of a new rapid diagnostic test for urinary antigen detection and assessment of drug treatment in opisthorchiasis.

Chanika WorasithJiraporn SithithawornPhattharaphon WongphutornChutima HomwongKanoknan KhongsukwiwatAnchalee TechasenKulthida Y KopolratWatcharin LoilomeNisana NamwatBandit ThinkamropChaiwat TawarungruangAttapol TitapunThewarach LahaRoss H AndrewsSimon D Taylor-RobinsonPaiboon Sithithaworn

Published in: Infectious diseases of poverty (2023)

The urinary OV-RDT test has high potential as a new tool for screening and evaluating treatment outcomes in opisthorchiasis. The ease of sample collection and simplicity of urinary OV-RDT may facilitate mass screening, control and elimination of opisthorchiasis, thereby contributing to a reduction in the disease burden in Southeast Asia.

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