A diagnostics platform for the integrated mapping, monitoring, and surveillance of neglected tropical diseases: Rationale and target product profiles

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Solomon, Anthony W ^a   Engels, Dirk ^b   Bailey, Robin L ^a   Blake, Isobel M ^c   Brooker, Simon ^a   Chen, Jia Xu ^d   Chen, Jun Hu ^d   Churcher, Thomas S ^c   Drakeley, Chris J ^a   Edwards, Tansy ^a   Fenwick, Alan ^c   French, Michael ^c   Gabrielli, Albis Francesco ^b   Grassly, Nicholas C ^c   Harding Esch, Emma M ^a   Holland, Martin J ^a   Koukounari, Artemis ^c   Lammie, Patrick J ^e   Leslie, Jacqueline ^c   Mabey, David C ^a   Rhajaoui, Mohamed ^f   Secor, W Evan ^e   Stothard, J Russell ^g   Wei, Hu ^d   Willingham, A Lee ^b   Zhou, Xiao Nong ^d   Peeling, Rosanna W ^a   more..

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d National Institute for Parasitic Diseases   (China)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f INSTITUT NATIONAL D HYGIÈNE   (Morocco)

^g LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; NEGLECTED DISEASE; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRACHOMA; TROPICAL DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; REVIEW; TROPIC CLIMATE;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PARASITIC DISEASES; PARASITOLOGY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84864607721     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001746     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Steinmann P, Utzinger J, Du ZW, Zhou XN, ((2010)) Multiparasitism a neglected reality on global, regional and local scale. Adv Parasitol 73:: 21--50.
2. Brooker S, Utzinger J, ((2007)) Integrated disease mapping in a polyparasitic world. Geospat Health 1:: 141--146.
3. Kolaczinski JH, Hanson K, Robinson E, Picon D, Sabasio A, et al. ((2010)) Integrated surveys of neglected tropical diseases in southern Sudan: how much do they cost and can they be refined? PLoS Negl Trop Dis 4:: e745 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000745.
4. Brooker S, Kabatereine NB, Gyapong JO, Stothard JR, Utzinger J, ((2009)) Rapid mapping of schistosomiasis and other neglected tropical diseases in the context of integrated control programmes in Africa. Parasitology 136:: 1707--1718.
5. Bergquist R, Johansen MV, Utzinger J, ((2009)) Diagnostic dilemmas in helminthology: what tools to use and when? Trends Parasitol 25:: 151--156.
6. Baker MC, Mathieu E, Fleming FM, Deming M, King JD, et al. ((2010)) Mapping, monitoring, and surveillance of neglected tropical diseases: towards a policy framework. Lancet 375:: 231--238.
7. World Health Organization (2010) Report of the WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Neglected Tropical Diseases (STAG-NTD): WHO headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland, 30 June-1 July 2010. Geneva: World Health Organization.
8. Sturrock HJ, Picon D, Sabasio A, Oguttu D, Robinson E, et al. ((2009)) Integrated mapping of neglected tropical diseases: epidemiological findings and control implications for northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State, Southern Sudan. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 3:: e537 doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000537.
9. Amarir F, El Mansouri B, Fellah H, Sebti F, Mohammed L, et al. ((2011)) National serologic survey of Haematobium schistosomiasis in Morocco: evidence for elimination. Am J Trop Med Hyg 84:: 15--19.
10. Johansen MV, Sithithaworn P, Bergquist R, Utzinger J, ((2010)) Towards improved diagnosis of zoonotic trematode infections in Southeast Asia. Adv Parasitol 73:: 171--195.
11. Mabey D, Peeling RW, Ustianowski A, Perkins MD, ((2004)) Diagnostics for the developing world. Nat Rev Microbiol 2:: 231--240.
12. Lee WG, Kim YG, Chung BG, Demirci U, Khademhosseini A, ((2010)) Nano/Microfluidics for diagnosis of infectious diseases in developing countries. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 62:: 449--457.
13. Osborn JL, Lutz B, Fu E, Kauffman P, Stevens DY, et al. ((2010)) Microfluidics without pumps: reinventing the T-sensor and H-filter in paper networks. Lab Chip 10:: 2659--2665.
14. Stevens DY, Petri CR, Osborn JL, Spicar-Mihalic P, McKenzie KG, et al. ((2008)) Enabling a microfluidic immunoassay for the developing world by integration of on-card dry reagent storage. Lab Chip 8:: 2038--2045.
15. Gardon J, Gardon-Wendel N, Demanga N, Kamgno J, Chippaux JP, et al. ((1997)) Serious reactions after mass treatment of onchocerciasis with ivermectin in an area endemic for Loa loa infection. Lancet 350:: 18--22.
16. World Health Assembly (2007) Health technologies.60th World Health Assembly, Geneva, 23 May 2007, Resolution WHA60.29. Available: http://www.who.int/medical_devices/resolution_wha60_29-en1.pdf. Accessed 29 November 2010.
17. World Health Organization (2011) First WHO Global Forum on Medical Devices: context, outcomes, and future actions (WHO/HSS/EHT/DIM/10.11). Geneva: World Health Organization.
18. Laamrani H, Mahjour J, Madsen H, Khallaayoune K, Gryseels B, ((2000)) Schistosoma haematobium in Morocco: moving from control to elimination. Parasitol Today 16:: 257--260.
19. Wang LD, Chen HG, Guo JG, Zeng XJ, Hong XL, et al. ((2009)) A strategy to control transmission of Schistosoma japonicum in China. N Engl J Med 360:: 121--128.
20. Lammie PJ, Weil G, Noordin R, Kaliraj P, Steel C, et al. ((2004)) Recombinant antigen-based antibody assays for the diagnosis and surveillance of lymphatic filariasis- a multicenter trial. Filaria J 3:: 9.
21. Intapan PM, Thanchomnang T, Lulitanond V, Maleewong W, ((2009)) Rapid detection of Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi in mosquito vectors (Diptera: Culicidae) using a real-time fluorescence resonance energy transfer multiplex PCR and melting curve analysis. J Med Entomol 46:: 158--164.
22. Michel CE, Solomon AW, Magbanua JP, Massae PA, Huang L, et al. ((2006)) Field evaluation of a rapid point-of-care assay for targeting antibiotic treatment for trachoma control: a comparative study. Lancet 367:: 1585--1590.
23. Harding-Esch EM, ((2010)) Trachoma control and elimination: field studies in The Gambia and Senegal. London: University of London.
24. Stothard JR, Sousa-Figueiredo JC, Standley C, Van Dam GJ, Knopp S, et al. ((2009)) An evaluation of urine-CCA strip test and fingerprick blood SEA-ELISA for detection of urinary schistosomiasis in schoolchildren in Zanzibar. Acta Trop 111:: 64--70.
25. Nyame AK, Kawar ZS, Cummings RD, ((2004)) Antigenic glycans in parasitic infections: implications for vaccines and diagnostics. Arch Biochem Biophys 426:: 182--200.