Diagnostic Tests to Support Late-Stage Control Programs for Schistosomiasis and Soil-Transmitted Helminthiases

Multi-parallel qPCR provides increased sensitivity and diagnostic breadth for gastrointestinal parasites of humans: field-based inferences on the impact of mass deworming

(2016) Alice V. Easton et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Population Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Praziquantel in Ugandan Children with Intestinal Schistosomiasis: Higher Dosages Are Required for Maximal Efficacy

(2016) Amaya L. Bustinduy et al.   mBio

Application of a Multiplex Quantitative PCR to Assess Prevalence and Intensity Of Intestinal Parasite Infections in a Controlled Clinical Trial

(2016) Stacey Llewellyn et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Evaluation of banked urine samples for the detection of circulating anodic and cathodic antigens in Schistosoma mekongi and S. japonicum infections: A proof-of-concept study

(2015) Govert J. van Dam et al.   ACTA TROPICA

Detection of active schistosome infection by cell-free circulating DNA of Schistosoma japonicum in highly endemic areas in Sorsogon Province, the Philippines

(2015) Naoko Kato-Hayashi et al.   ACTA TROPICA

An ultra-sensitive assay targeting the circulating anodic antigen for the diagnosis of Schistosoma japonicum in a low-endemic area, People's Republic of China

(2015) Govert J. van Dam et al.   ACTA TROPICA

Advances in the Diagnosis of Human Schistosomiasis

(2015) Kosala G. A. D. Weerakoon et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Isothermal Recombinase Polymerase amplification (RPA) of Schistosoma haematobium DNA and oligochromatographic lateral flow detection

(2015) A. Rosser et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Identification of human intestinal parasites affecting an asymptomatic peri-urban Argentinian population using multi-parallel quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction

(2015) Rubén O. Cimino et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Development and optimization of cocktail-ELISA for a unified surveillance of zoonotic schistosomiasis in multiple host species

(2015) Kharleezelle J. Moendeg et al.   PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH

Evaluation of circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) urine-cassette assay as a survey tool for Schistosoma mansoni in different transmission settings within Bugiri District, Uganda

(2014) M. Adriko et al.   ACTA TROPICA

Diagnostic Accuracy of Kato–Katz, FLOTAC, Baermann, and PCR Methods for the Detection of Light-Intensity Hookworm and Strongyloides stercoralis Infections in Tanzania

(2014) Stefanie Knopp et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Detection of Schistosoma mansoni Antibodies in a Low-Endemicity Area Using Indirect Immunofluorescence and Circumoval Precipitin Test

(2014) Maria Cristina Carvalho do Espírito-Santo et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Evaluation of real-time PCR assay to detect Schistosoma mansoni infections in a low endemic setting

(2014) Maria Cristina Carvalho Espírito-Santo et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Sensitivity of diagnostic tests for human soil-transmitted helminth infections: a meta-analysis in the absence of a true gold standard

(2014) Birgit Nikolay et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Human schistosomiasis

(2014) Daniel G Colley et al.   LANCET

Field comparison of circulating antibody assays versus circulating antigen assays for the detection of schistosomiasis japonica in endemic areas of China

(2014) Yu-Chun Cai et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Diagnostics for schistosomiasis in Africa and Arabia: a review of present options in control and future needs for elimination

(2014) J. RUSSELL STOTHARD et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Tools for diagnosis, monitoring and screening of Schistosoma infections utilizing lateral-flow based assays and upconverting phosphor labels

(2014) PAUL L. A. M. CORSTJENS et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Rectal Swabs for Analysis of the Intestinal Microbiota

(2014) Andries E. Budding et al.   PLoS One

Diagnosing schistosomiasis: where are we?

(2014) Luciana Inácia Gomes et al.   Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

A Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Assay for Early Detection of Schistosoma mansoni in Stool Samples: A Diagnostic Approach in a Murine Model

(2014) Pedro Fernández-Soto et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

A Five-Country Evaluation of a Point-of-Care Circulating Cathodic Antigen Urine Assay for the Prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni

(2013) Daniel G. Colley et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni without the Stool: Comparison of Three Diagnostic Tests to Detect Schiostosoma mansoni Infection from Filtered Urine in Zambia

(2013) Nilanjan Lodh et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

A robust dry reagent lateral flow assay for diagnosis of active schistosomiasis by detection of Schistosoma circulating anodic antigen

(2013) Govert J. van Dam et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY

Field-based evaluation of a reagent strip test for diagnosis of Schistosomiasis mansoni by detecting circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) in urine in low endemic area in Ethiopia

(2013) M. Legesse et al.   Parasite

A new rapid diagnostic test for detection of anti-Schistosoma mansoni and anti-Schistosoma haematobium antibodies

(2013) Jean T Coulibaly et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Applicability of Bio-wipes for the collection of human faecal specimens for detection and characterisation of enteric viruses

(2013) J. Mans et al.   TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH

Nematode Infections

(2012) Stefanie Knopp et al.   INFECTIOUS DISEASE CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA

A Laboratory-Developed TaqMan Array Card for Simultaneous Detection of 19 Enteropathogens

(2012) J. Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Characterization of Trichuris trichiura from humans and T. suis from pigs in China using internal transcribed spacers of nuclear ribosomal DNA

(2012) G.H. Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF HELMINTHOLOGY

Diagnostic Accuracy and Applicability of a PCR System for the Detection of Schistosoma mansoni DNA in Human Urine Samples from an Endemic Area

(2012) Martin Johannes Enk et al.   PLoS One

Schistosoma real-time PCR as diagnostic tool for international travellers and migrants

(2012) Lieselotte Cnops et al.   TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH

A Diagnostics Platform for the Integrated Mapping, Monitoring, and Surveillance of Neglected Tropical Diseases: Rationale and Target Product Profiles

(2012) Anthony W. Solomon et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Real-time PCR Demonstrates Ancylostoma duodenale Is a Key Factor in the Etiology of Severe Anemia and Iron Deficiency in Malawian Pre-school Children

(2012) Femkje A. M. Jonker et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Comparison of Schistosoma mansoni Soluble Cercarial Antigens and Soluble Egg Antigens for Serodiagnosing Schistosome Infections

(2012) Huw Smith et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Detection and quantification of schistosome DNA in freshwater snails using either fluorescent probes in real-time PCR or oligochromatographic dipstick assays targeting the ribosomal intergenic spacer

(2011) Richard A. Kane et al.   ACTA TROPICA

A Pentaplex Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Detection of Four Species of Soil-Transmitted Helminths

(2011) Madihah Basuni et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

DNA amplification approaches for the diagnosis of key parasitic helminth infections of humans

(2011) Catherine A. Gordon et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PROBES

Application of DNA-based diagnostics in detection of schistosomal DNA in early infection and after drug treatment

(2011) Cen Wang et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Accuracy of circulating cathodic antigen tests for rapid mapping ofSchistosoma mansoniandS. haematobiuminfections in Southern Sudan

(2011) Ruth A. Ashton et al.   TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH

Evaluation of Urine CCA Assays for Detection of Schistosoma mansoni Infection in Western Kenya

(2011) Hillary L. Shane et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Evaluation of polymerase chain reaction as an additional tool for the diagnosis of low-intensity Schistosoma mansoni infection

(2010) Laura Maria Abreu Oliveira et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Further evaluation of an updated PCR assay for the detection of Schistosoma mansoni DNA in human stool samples

(2010) Luciana I Gomes et al.   MEMORIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ

Performance of circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) urine-dipsticks for rapid detection of intestinal schistosomiasis in schoolchildren from shoreline communities of Lake Victoria

(2010) CJ Standley et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Copro-molecular identification of infections with hookworm eggs in rural Lao PDR

(2010) Megumi Sato et al.   TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Development and Evaluation of a Sensitive PCR-ELISA System for Detection of Schistosoma Infection in Feces

(2010) Luciana Inácia Gomes et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Trichuris suis and Trichuris trichiura are different nematode species

(2009) C. Cutillas et al.   ACTA TROPICA

Sensitive and rapid detection of Schistosoma japonicum DNA by loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)

(2009) J. Xu et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Evaluation and application of potential schistosome-associated morbidity markers within large-scale mass chemotherapy programmes

(2009) J. P. WEBSTER et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Improving control of African schistosomiasis: towards effective use of rapid diagnostic tests within an appropriate disease surveillance model

(2009) J. Russell Stothard   TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Diagnostic dilemmas in helminthology: what tools to use and when?

(2009) Robert Bergquist et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Diagnosing Schistosomiasis by Detection of Cell-Free Parasite DNA in Human Plasma

(2009) Dominic Wichmann et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Multiplex real-time PCR for the detection and quantification of Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium infection in stool samples collected in northern Senegal

(2008) Robert J. ten Hove et al.   TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE