Neglected tropical disease (NTD) diagnostics: current development and operations to advance control

Diagnostic performances of Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma mansoni recombinant proteins, peptides and chimeric proteins antibody based tests. Systematic scoping review

(2023) Arthur Vengesai et al.   PLoS One

Concordance between Ov16 rapid diagnostic test(RDT) and Ov16 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the diagnosis of onchocerciasis in areas of contrasting endemicity in cameroon

(2023) Relindis Ekanya et al.   Parasite Epidemiology and Control

Development of CRISPR/Cas13a-based assays for the diagnosis of Schistosomiasis

(2023) Skye R. MacGregor et al.   EBioMedicine

Semi-Automated Microfluidic Device Combined with a MiniPCR-Duplex Lateral Flow Dipstick for Screening and Visual Species Identification of Lymphatic Filariae

(2022) Achinya Phuakrod et al.   Micromachines

Plant-Based Bioinsecticides for Mosquito Control: Impact on Insecticide Resistance and Disease Transmission

(2022) Meryem Ş. Şengül Demirak et al.   Insects

Point-of-Care Sample Preparation and Automated Quantitative Detection of Schistosoma haematobium Using Mobile Phone Microscopy

(2022) Maxim Armstrong et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

The accuracy of a recombinant antigen immunochromatographic test for the detection of Strongyloides stercoralis infection in migrants from sub-Saharan Africa

(2022) Francesca Tamarozzi et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Interventions for Neglected Tropical Diseases Among Children and Adolescents: A Meta-analysis

(2022) Fatima Abbas Naqvi et al.   PEDIATRICS

Validation of the isothermal Schistosoma haematobium Recombinase Polymerase Amplification (RPA) assay, coupled with simplified sample preparation, for diagnosing female genital schistosomiasis using cervicovaginal lavage and vaginal self-swab samples

(2022) John Archer et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Using quantitative PCR to identify opportunities to strengthen soil-transmitted helminth control in Solomon Islands: A cross-sectional epidemiological survey

(2022) Brandon Le et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Affordable artificial intelligence-based digital pathology for neglected tropical diseases: A proof-of-concept for the detection of soil-transmitted helminths and Schistosoma mansoni eggs in Kato-Katz stool thick smears

(2022) Peter Ward et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Local tips, global impact: community-driven measures as avenues of promoting inclusion in the control of neglected tropical diseases: a case study in Kenya

(2022) Elizabeth A. Ochola et al.   Infectious Diseases of Poverty

SMART-LAMP: A Smartphone-Operated Handheld Device for Real-Time Colorimetric Point-of-Care Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases via Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification

(2022) Juan García-Bernalt Diego et al.   Biosensors-Basel

SHERLOCK4HAT: A CRISPR-based tool kit for diagnosis of Human African Trypanosomiasis

(2022) Núria Sima et al.   EBioMedicine

The POC-CCA assay for detection of Schistosoma mansoni infection needs standardization in production and proper quality control to be reliable

(2022) Daniel G. Colley et al.   ACTA TROPICA

Specificity of the Point-of-Care Urine Strip Test for Schistosoma Circulating Cathodic Antigen (POC-CCA) Tested in Non-Endemic Pregnant Women and Young Children

(2021) Miriam Casacuberta-Partal et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

The impact of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) on health and wellbeing in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): A case study of Kenya

(2021) Elizabeth A. Ochola et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Rethinking the Top-Down Approach to Schistosomiasis Control and Elimination in Sub-Saharan Africa

(2021) Adeola Onasanya et al.   Frontiers in Public Health

Low specificity of point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen (POC CCA) diagnostic test in a non-endemic area for schistosomiasis mansoni in Brazil

(2021) Carlos Graeff-Teixeira et al.   ACTA TROPICA

Evaluation of schistosomula crude antigen (SCA) as a diagnostic tool for Schistosoma mansoni in low endemic human population

(2021) Oyetunde Timothy Oyeyemi et al.   Scientific Reports

Comparison between Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction and Sodium Nitrate Flotation Microscopy in Diagnosing Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections

(2021) Adam W. Bartlett et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Membrane Technology for Rapid Point-of-Care Diagnostics for Parasitic Neglected Tropical Diseases

(2021) Madeleine J. Rogers et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Diagnostic accuracy of LAMP versus PCR over the course of SARS-CoV-2 infection

(2021) Masato Inaba et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Modelling to explore the potential impact of asymptomatic human infections on transmission and dynamics of African sleeping sickness

(2021) Maryam Aliee et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Mobile microscopy and telemedicine platform assisted by deep learning for the quantification of Trichuris trichiura infection

(2021) Elena Dacal et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Comparison of the egg recovery rates and limit of detection for soil-transmitted helminths using the Kato-Katz thick smear, faecal flotation and quantitative real-time PCR in human stool

(2021) Patsy A. Zendejas-Heredia et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Diagnosing point-of-care diagnostics for neglected tropical diseases

(2021) Mitasha Bharadwaj et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Performance of the point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen test in the diagnosis of schistosomiasis japonica in a human cohort from Northern Samar, the Philippines

(2021) Pengfei Cai et al.   Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Optimization of a Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay as a Point-of-Care Tool for the Detection of Wuchereria bancrofti in Human Blood in Tana River Delta, Kenya

(2021) Kinyatta Nancy et al.   Journal of Parasitology Research

Perceived determinants of implementation success of the neglected tropical diseases programme in Ghana: a qualitative study among programme officers

(2021) Desmond Dzidzornu Otoo et al.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Advancement in leishmaniasis diagnosis and therapeutics: An update

(2021) Diksha Kumari et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Dot blot platform as a novel diagnostic kit: rapid, accurate, and on-site detection of Schistosoma mansoni in urine samples of hard to detect individuals

(2021) Maria Luysa C. Pedrosa et al.   PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH

Vaccine Technologies and Platforms for Infectious Diseases: Current Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities

(2021) Majed Ghattas et al.   Vaccines

A controlled human Schistosoma mansoni infection model to advance novel drugs, vaccines and diagnostics

(2020) Marijke C. C. Langenberg et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

What does soil-transmitted helminth elimination look like? Results from a targeted molecular detection survey in Japan

(2020) Mitsuko Hasegawa et al.   Parasites & Vectors

The importance of vector control for the control and elimination of vector-borne diseases

(2020) Anne L. Wilson et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Neglected Tropical Diseases in the Context of Climate Change in East Africa: A Systematic Scoping Review

(2020) Julia M. Bryson et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Mapping lymphatic filariasis in Loa loa endemic health districts naïve for ivermectin mass administration and situated in the forested zone of Cameroon

(2020) Andrew A. Beng et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Comparison of Diagnostic Tests for Onchocerca volvulus in the Democratic Republic of Congo

(2020) An Hotterbeekx et al.   Pathogens

Extravascular dermal trypanosomes in suspected and confirmed cases of gambiense Human African Trypanosomiasis

(2020) Mariame Camara et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Occurrence, toxicity and ecological risk of larvicidal oil in the coastal marine ecosystem of Hong Kong

(2020) Katie W.Y. Yeung et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Safety and immunogenicity of co-administered hookworm vaccine candidates Na-GST-1 and Na-APR-1 in Gabonese adults: a randomised, controlled, double-blind, phase 1 dose-escalation trial

(2020) Ayola A Adegnika et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Analytical and Clinical Assessment of a Portable, Isothermal Recombinase Polymerase Amplification (RPA) Assay for the Molecular Diagnosis of Urogenital Schistosomiasis

(2020) John Archer et al.   MOLECULES

Diagnosis of neglected tropical diseases during and after the COVID-19 pandemic

(2020) Dziedzom K. de Souza et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Development of a bio-inkjet printed LAMP test kit for detecting human African trypanosomiasis

(2020) Kyoko Hayashida et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Keeping communities at the centre of efforts to eliminate lymphatic filariasis: learning from the past to reach a future free of lymphatic filariasis

(2020) Alison Krentel et al.   International Health

WASH for WORMS: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial of the Impact of a Community-Integrated Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene and Deworming Intervention on Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections

(2019) Susana Vaz Nery et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Evaluation of point of care tests for the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Suriname

(2019) Henk D. F. H. Schallig et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Eliminating visceral leishmaniasis in South Asia: the road ahead

(2019) Suman Rijal et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Effects of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) education on childhood intestinal parasitic infections in rural Dembiya, northwest Ethiopia: an uncontrolled before-and-after intervention study

(2019) Zemichael Gizaw et al.   Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Detection of helminths by loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay: a review of updated technology and future outlook

(2019) Miao-Han Deng et al.   Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Comparison of Kato Katz, antibody-based ELISA and droplet digital PCR diagnosis of schistosomiasis japonica: Lessons learnt from a setting of low infection intensity

(2019) Pengfei Cai et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Insecticide–impregnated dog collars reduce infantile clinical visceral leishmaniasis under operational conditions in NW Iran: A community–wide cluster randomised trial

(2019) Orin Courtenay et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Testing the Infection Prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni after Mass Drug Administration by Comparing Sensitivity and Specificity of Species-Specific Repeat Fragment Amplification by PCR and Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification

(2019) Miriam Price et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

The role of water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in reducing soil-transmitted helminths: interpreting the evidence and identifying next steps

(2019) Susana Vaz Nery et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Quantitative PCR-Based Diagnosis of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections: Faecal or Fickle?

(2019) Marina Papaiakovou et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Development and Clinical Evaluation of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Assay for the Diagnosis of Human Visceral Leishmaniasis in Brazil

(2019) Daniel Moreira de Avelar et al.   Biomed Research International

Performance of an Ultra-Sensitive Assay Targeting the Circulating Anodic Antigen (CAA) for Detection of Schistosoma mansoni Infection in a Low Endemic Area in Brazil

(2019) Mariana Silva Sousa et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

The Advances in Molecular and New Point-of-Care (POC) Diagnosis of Schistosomiasis Pre- and Post-praziquantel Use: In the Pursuit of More Reliable Approaches for Low Endemic and Non-endemic Areas

(2019) Marta G. Cavalcanti et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Kankanet: An artificial neural network-based object detection smartphone application and mobile microscope as a point-of-care diagnostic aid for soil-transmitted helminthiases

(2019) Ariel Yang et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Development of Conventional Multiplex PCR: A Rapid Technique for Simultaneous Detection of Soil-Transmitted Helminths

(2019) Vivornpun Sanprasert et al.   Pathogens

Development of immunochromatographic device as a point-of-care tool for serodiagnosis of human strongyloidiasis cases

(2019) Lakkhana Sadaow et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Development of a recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) fluorescence assay for the detection of Schistosoma haematobium

(2019) Penelope Rostron et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Community drug distributors for mass drug administration in neglected tropical disease programmes: systematic review and analysis of policy documents

(2019) Cara L Macfarlane et al.   Journal of Global Health

Evaluating a point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen test (POC-CCA) to detect Schistosoma mansoni infections in a low endemic area in north-eastern Brazil

(2018) Fernando Schemelzer Moraes Bezerra et al.   ACTA TROPICA

The applicability of real-time PCR in the diagnostic of cutaneous leishmaniasis and parasite quantification for clinical management: Current status and perspectives

(2018) Otacilio C. Moreira et al.   ACTA TROPICA

Development and Evaluation of a Novel Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay for Diagnosis of Cutaneous and Visceral Leishmaniasis

(2018) Emily Rebecca Adams et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Field and laboratory comparative evaluation of a LAMP assay for the diagnosis of urogenital schistosomiasis in Cubal, Central Angola

(2018) Javier Gandasegui et al.   TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH

The role of community participation for sustainable integrated neglected tropical diseases and water, sanitation and hygiene intervention programs: A pilot project in Tanzania

(2018) Shirin Madon et al.   SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE

Diagnostics for onchocerciasis in the era of elimination

(2018) Thomas R Unnasch et al.   International Health

Real-time PCR diagnosis of Schistosoma japonicum in low transmission areas of China

(2018) Pei He et al.   Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Development and Evaluation of a Multiplex Quantitative Real-Time PCR for Hookworm Species in Human Stool

(2018) Sze Fui Hii et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Ecological niche modeling predicting the potential distribution of Leishmania vectors in the Mediterranean basin: impact of climate change

(2018) Bilel Chalghaf et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Imaging & identification of malaria parasites using cellphone microscope with a ball lens

(2018) Temitope E. Agbana et al.   PLoS One

The effect of temperature increase on the development of Rhodnius prolixus and the course of Trypanosoma cruzi metacyclogenesis

(2018) Laura D. Tamayo et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

(2018) Spencer L James et al.   LANCET

Evaluation of point-of-care tests for cutaneous leishmaniasis diagnosis in Kabul, Afghanistan

(2018) Martijn M.T. Vink et al.   EBioMedicine

Are public-private partnerships the solution to tackle neglected tropical diseases? A systematic review of the literature

(2017) Céline Aerts et al.   HEALTH POLICY

Metabolite profiling of infection-associated metabolic markers of onchocerciasis

(2017) Sasisekhar Bennuru et al.   MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL PARASITOLOGY

Colorimetric tests for diagnosis of filarial infection and vector surveillance using non-instrumented nucleic acid loop-mediated isothermal amplification (NINA-LAMP)

(2017) Catherine B. Poole et al.   PLoS One

Performance of the SD BIOLINE® HAT rapid test in various diagnostic algorithms for gambiense human African trypanosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

(2017) Crispin Lumbala et al.   PLoS One

Molluscicidal activities of curcumin-nisin polylactic acid nanoparticle on Biomphalaria pfeifferi

(2017) Michael E. Omobhude et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and environmental risk factors for soil-transmitted helminth intensity of infection in Timor-Leste, using real time PCR

(2017) Suzy J. Campbell et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Approaches being used in the national schistosomiasis elimination programme in China: a review

(2017) Le-Ping Sun et al.   Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Enhanced passive screening and diagnosis for gambiense human African trypanosomiasis in north-western Uganda – Moving towards elimination

(2017) Charles Wamboga et al.   PLoS One

Measurement of Circulating Filarial Antigen Levels in Human Blood with a Point-of-Care Test Strip and a Portable Spectrodensitometer

(2016) Cédric B. Chesnais et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Clinical and Laboratory Diagnosis of Buruli Ulcer Disease: A Systematic Review

(2016) Samuel A. Sakyi et al.   Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology

An electrochemical immunosensor for anti-T. cruzi IgM antibodies, a biomarker for congenital Chagas disease, using a screen-printed electrode modified with gold nanoparticles and functionalized with shed acute phase antigen

(2016) Matías Regiart et al.   MICROCHIMICA ACTA

Water, sanitation and hygiene for accelerating and sustaining progress on neglected tropical diseases: a new Global Strategy 2015–20

(2016) Sophie Boisson et al.   International Health

Anti-SchistosomaIgG responses inSchistosoma haematobiumsingle and concomitant infection with malaria parasites

(2016) Olajumoke A. Morenikeji et al.   Pathogens and Global Health

Improved PCR-Based Detection of Soil Transmitted Helminth Infections Using a Next-Generation Sequencing Approach to Assay Design

(2016) Nils Pilotte et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Metabolomics Identifies Multiple Candidate Biomarkers to Diagnose and Stage Human African Trypanosomiasis

(2016) Isabel M. Vincent et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Can Neglected Tropical Diseases Compromise Human Wellbeing in Sex-, Age-, and Trait-Specific Ways?

(2016) David C. Geary   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Eliminating the Neglected Tropical Diseases: Translational Science and New Technologies

(2016) Peter J. Hotez et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Loss of sensitivity of immunochromatographic test (ICT) for lymphatic filariasis diagnosis in low prevalence settings: consequence in the monitoring and evaluation procedures

(2015) Raceline Gounoue-Kamkumo et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Challenges and opportunities associated with neglected tropical disease and water, sanitation and hygiene intersectoral integration programs

(2015) E. Anna Johnston et al.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Rapid Point-of-Contact Tool for Mapping and Integrated Surveillance of Wuchereria bancrofti and Onchocerca volvulus Infection

(2015) Cathy Steel et al.   Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

How can molecular diagnostics contribute to the elimination of human African trypanosomiasis?

(2015) Philippe Büscher et al.   EXPERT REVIEW OF MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS

The human hookworm vaccine: recent updates and prospects for success

(2015) M.E. Bottazzi   JOURNAL OF HELMINTHOLOGY

Point-of-care quantification of blood-borne filarial parasites with a mobile phone microscope

(2015) Michael V. D’Ambrosio et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Diagnostic Tools for Onchocerciasis Elimination Programs

(2015) Johnny Vlaminck et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Cross-Reactivity of Filariais ICT Cards in Areas of Contrasting Endemicity of Loa loa and Mansonella perstans in Cameroon: Implications for Shrinking of the Lymphatic Filariasis Map in the Central African Region

(2015) Samuel Wanji et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Discovery of Infection Associated Metabolic Markers in Human African Trypanosomiasis

(2015) Sabrina D. Lamour et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Sensitivity and Specificity of a Urine Circulating Anodic Antigen Test for the Diagnosis of Schistosoma haematobium in Low Endemic Settings

(2015) Stefanie Knopp et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

A Human Type 5 Adenovirus-Based Trypanosoma cruzi Therapeutic Vaccine Re-programs Immune Response and Reverses Chronic Cardiomyopathy

(2015) Isabela Resende Pereira et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Overview of the Diagnostic Methods Used in the Field for Human African Trypanosomiasis: What Could Change in the Next Years?

(2015) Julien Bonnet et al.   Biomed Research International

A cross-sectional study on urogenital schistosomiasis in children; haematuria and proteinuria as diagnostic indicators in an endemic rural area of Nigeria

(2014) O Morenikeji et al.   African Health Sciences

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

Advancing a multivalent ‘Pan-anthelmintic’ vaccine against soil-transmitted nematode infections

(2014) Bin Zhan et al.   Expert Review of Vaccines

The bionomics and diversity of freshwater snails species in Yewa North, Ogun State, Southwestern Nigeria

(2014) O. Salawu et al.   HELMINTHOLOGIA

Diagnostics for the control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases

(2014) ROSANNA W. PEELING et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Guinea worm (Dracunculiasis) eradication: update on progress and endgame challenges

(2014) Abdul R. Al-Awadi et al.   TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Diagnosis of leishmaniasis

(2014) Ehab Kotb Elmahallawy et al.   Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010: Interpretation and Implications for the Neglected Tropical Diseases

(2014) Peter J. Hotez et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Identification of sVSG117 as an Immunodiagnostic Antigen and Evaluation of a Dual-Antigen Lateral Flow Test for the Diagnosis of Human African Trypanosomiasis

(2014) Lauren Sullivan et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Automating Quantum Dot Barcode Assays Using Microfluidics and Magnetism for the Development of a Point-of-Care Device

(2013) Yali Gao et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

A Novel, Multi-Parallel, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Approach for Eight Gastrointestinal Parasites Provides Improved Diagnostic Capabilities to Resource-Limited At-Risk Populations

(2013) Rojelio Mejia et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Serosurveillance to Monitor Onchocerciasis Elimination: The Ugandan Experience

(2013) David Oguttu et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

RepeatExplorer: a Galaxy-based web server for genome-wide characterization of eukaryotic repetitive elements from next-generation sequence reads

(2013) P. Novak et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Application of loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for the sensitive and rapid diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis and post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis

(2013) Sandeep Verma et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Rapid Diagnostic Test for Sleeping Sickness

(2013) Philippe Büscher et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Case study for a vaccine against leishmaniasis

(2013) Jorge Alvar et al.   VACCINE

Urogenital schistosomiasis and urological assessment of hematuria in preschool-aged children in rural communities of Nigeria

(2013) Oyetunde T. Salawu et al.   Journal of Pediatric Urology

Expression at a 20L scale and purification of the extracellular domain of theSchistosoma mansoniTSP-2 recombinant protein

(2013) Elena Curti et al.   Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

Antigenicity and Diagnostic Potential of Vaccine Candidates in Human Chagas Disease

(2013) Shivali Gupta et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Mini-FLOTAC, an Innovative Direct Diagnostic Technique for Intestinal Parasitic Infections: Experience from the Field

(2013) Beatrice Divina Barda et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Transmission Assessment Surveys (TAS) to Define Endpoints for Lymphatic Filariasis Mass Drug Administration: A Multicenter Evaluation

(2013) Brian K. Chu et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

The Urine Circulating Cathodic Antigen (CCA) Dipstick: A Valid Substitute for Microscopy for Mapping and Point-Of-Care Diagnosis of Intestinal Schistosomiasis

(2013) José Carlos Sousa-Figueiredo et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Preliminary study on ecology ofBulinus jousseaumeiinSchistosoma haematobiumendemic rural community of Nigeria

(2012) Oyetunde T. Salawu et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The Economic Value of a Visceral Leishmaniasis Vaccine in Bihar State, India

(2012) Bruce Y. Lee et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Field Evaluation of a PCR Test for Schistosoma japonicum Egg Detection in Low-Prevalence Regions of China

(2012) Mai S. Fung et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

A Global Comparative Evaluation of Commercial Immunochromatographic Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Visceral Leishmaniasis

(2012) Jane Cunningham et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Accelerating the development of a therapeutic vaccine for human Chagas disease: rationale and prospects

(2012) Eric Dumonteil et al.   Expert Review of Vaccines

Therapeutic Vaccination With Recombinant Adenovirus Reduces Splenic Parasite Burden in Experimental Visceral Leishmaniasis

(2012) A. Maroof et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The potential economic value of a cutaneous leishmaniasis vaccine in seven endemic countries in the Americas

(2012) Kristina M. Bacon et al.   VACCINE

Safety and Immunogenicity of rSh28GST Antigen in Humans: Phase 1 Randomized Clinical Study of a Vaccine Candidate against Urinary Schistosomiasis

(2012) Gilles Riveau et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Rapid Screening of Genetic Biomarkers of Infectious Agents Using Quantum Dot Barcodes

(2011) Supratim Giri et al.   ACS Nano

Neglected tropical disease (NTD) control in health systems: The interface between programmes and general health services

(2011) Bruno Marchal et al.   ACTA TROPICA

PeakML/mzMatch: A File Format, Java Library, R Library, and Tool-Chain for Mass Spectrometry Data Analysis

(2011) Richard A. Scheltema et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Microfluidics-based diagnostics of infectious diseases in the developing world

(2011) Curtis D Chin et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Performance of a dipstick dye immunoassay for rapid screening of Schistosoma japonicum infection in areas of low endemicity

(2011) Jing Xu et al.   Parasites & Vectors

A Coproantigen Diagnostic Test for Strongyloides Infection

(2011) Alex M. Sykes et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

A Comparison of the Sensitivity and Fecal Egg Counts of the McMaster Egg Counting and Kato-Katz Thick Smear Methods for Soil-Transmitted Helminths

(2011) Bruno Levecke et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Biosensors for Efficient Diagnosis of Leishmaniasis: Innovations in Bioanalytics for a Neglected Disease

(2010) Ângelo C. Perinoto et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Design, Development and Evaluation of rK28-Based Point-of-Care Tests for Improving Rapid Diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis

(2010) Sowmya Pattabhi et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Diagnostic Accuracy of the Leishmania OligoC-TesT and NASBA-Oligochromatography for Diagnosis of Leishmaniasis in Sudan

(2010) Alfarazdeg A. Saad et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

A single FLOTAC is more sensitive than triplicate Kato–Katz for the diagnosis of low-intensity soil-transmitted helminth infections

(2009) Stefanie Knopp et al.   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

The Mectizan Donation Program: 20 years of successful collaboration — a retrospective

(2008) B. Colatrella   ANNALS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PARASITOLOGY

The Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa (OCP)

(2008) B. Boatin   ANNALS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PARASITOLOGY

Diagnosis of Soil-Transmitted Helminths in the Era of Preventive Chemotherapy: Effect of Multiple Stool Sampling and Use of Different Diagnostic Techniques

(2008) Stefanie Knopp et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases