Evaluation of a rapid lateral flow assay for the detection of taeniosis and cysticercosis at district hospital level in Tanzania: A prospective multicentre diagnostic accuracy study.

ABSTRACT: The TS POC test, Taenia solium point-of-care test, is a two-strip lateral flow assay using the recombinant antigen rES33 on the TS POC T test strip, and rT24H on the TS POC CC test strip, to detect antibodies against T. solium taeniosis and cysticercosis, respectively. The objective of this study was to assess the diagnostic performance of the TS POC test for the detection of T. solium taeniosis and cysticercosis in individuals attending district hospitals in Tanzania. In this prospective two-phase diagnostic accuracy study, we recruited participants aged 10 and above, excluding pregnant women and those with acute severe illness. Participants were consecutively recruited in three cohorts according to their signs/symptoms: compatible with neurocysticercosis (cohort 1), intestinal worm infec

SUBMITTER: Van Damme I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11977959 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature