High Specificity but Low Sensitivity of Lab-on-a-Disk Technique in Detecting Soil-Transmitted Helminth Eggs among Pre- and School-Aged Children in North-Western Tanzania.

Lab-on-a-disk Tanzania diagnosis sensitivity soil-transmitted helminths specificity

Journal

Tropical medicine and infectious disease
ISSN: 2414-6366
Titre abrégé: Trop Med Infect Dis
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101709042

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
21 Dec 2023
Historique:
received: 29 11 2023
revised: 15 12 2023
accepted: 18 12 2023
medline: 26 1 2024
pubmed: 26 1 2024
entrez: 26 1 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

An estimated 1.5 billion people are infected with soil-transmitted helminths (hookworms,

Identifiants

pubmed: 38276635
pii: tropicalmed9010005
doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed9010005
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Subventions

Organisme : VLIR-UOS (project Single Image Parasite Quantification Project, South Initiatives 2020)
ID : Single Image Parasite Quantification Project, South Initiatives 2020

Auteurs

Humphrey D Mazigo (HD)

Department of Medical Parasitology and Entomology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza P.O. Box 1464, Tanzania.

Nyanda C Justine (NC)

Department of Medical Parasitology and Entomology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza P.O. Box 1464, Tanzania.

Jeffer Bhuko (J)

Department of Medical Parasitology and Entomology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza P.O. Box 1464, Tanzania.

Sarah Rubagumya (S)

Department of Microbiology, Parasitology and Biotechnology, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Chuo Kikuu, Morogoro P.O. Box 3000, Tanzania.

Namanya Basinda (N)

Department of Community Medicine, School of Public Health, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza P.O. Box 1464, Tanzania.

Maria M Zinga (MM)

Department of Medical Parasitology and Entomology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza P.O. Box 1464, Tanzania.

Deodatus Ruganuza (D)

Department of Medical Parasitology and Entomology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza P.O. Box 1464, Tanzania.

Vyacheslav R Misko (VR)

µFlow Group, Department of Bioengineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.

Matthieu Briet (M)

µFlow Group, Department of Bioengineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.

Filip Legein (F)

µFlow Group, Department of Bioengineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.

Wim De Malsche (W)

µFlow Group, Department of Bioengineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.

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