Evaluation of portable microscopic devices for the diagnosis of Schistosoma and soil-transmitted helminth infection

Parasitology

Volumn 141, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1811-1818

  Bogoch, Isaac I ^a   Coulibaly, Jean T ^b,c   Andrews, Jason R ^d   Speich, Benjamin ^e,f   Keiser, Jennifer ^e,f   Stothard, J Russell ^g   N'Goran, Eliézer K ^b,c   Utzinger, Jürg ^e,f  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^g LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; microscopy; mobile phone; schistosomiasis; soil transmitted helminths

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPE; MICROSCOPY; MOBILE PHONE; PILOT STUDY; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; URINALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANIMAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; FECES; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEGLECTED DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SOIL; TRICHURIS;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

ANIMALS; CELL PHONE; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEGLECTED DISEASES; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL; TRICHURIS;

EID: 84927909810     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182014000432     Document Type: Article

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