Roberta Gomes de Carvalho, Marta Cristhiany Cunha Pinheiro, Francisca Janaína Damasceno Morais, Rosangela Lima de Freitas Galvão, Luciene Barbosa, Sidney Lourdes Cesar Souza Sá, Thomas Foster Scherr, Fernando Schemelzer de Moraes Bezerra
The POC-CCA test is subject to variations in reading interpretations depending on the intensity of its results, and trace test reading have implications for determining prevalence. The aim of this study was to assess whether the readings obtained from the POC-CCA tests, conducted using a semi-quantitative scale (the G-score classification for test determination), exhibited concurrence with the direct visual interpretation (positive, negative, or trace) performed by two distinct analysts, using photographs from previously performed POC-CCA test carried out in the municipality of Maruim, in the state of Sergipe-Brazil, a region of high endemicity...
March 17, 2024: Acta Tropica