Performance of Urine Reagent Test Strips in Detecting <i>Schistosoma haematobium</i> Infection in Individual and Pooled Urine Samples.

ABSTRACT: This study evaluated the performance of urine reagent strips (URSs) in detecting Schistosoma haematobium infection in individual and pooled urine samples. Between June 2022 and April 2023, 2634 urine samples (10 mL each) from school-age children (5-15 years) in 15 villages across Ethiopia's Afar, Benishangul-Gumuz, and Gambella regions were tested using urine filtration microscopy (UFM) and URSs for blood, a marker of S. haematobium eggs. Pooled samples from 5, 10, 20, and 40 individuals (one positive, others negative) were examined with both methods. UFM results were used to calculate URSs' sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values for detecting infection. A total of 2634 children were screened for S. haematobium infection. UFM detected S. haematobium egg

SUBMITTER: Degarege A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11944887 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature