V Silva-Moraes, LM Shollenberger… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
The population of Brazil is currently characterised by many individuals harbouring low- intensity Schistosoma mansoni infections. The Kato-Katz technique is the diagnostic method …
Most medical devices are designed by western firms from efficient innovation systems with a focus on their home markets. A disproportionately high percentage of imported medical …
C Graeff-Teixeira, V Favero, VF Pascoal, RP de Souza… - Acta Tropica, 2021 - Elsevier
A point-of-care test for detecting schistosome circulating cathodic antigen in urine (POCsingle bondCCA) has been proposed for mapping infection and defining prevalence …
NG Exum, SPS Kibira, R Ssenyonga… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background To improve schistosomiasis control programs in Uganda, where intestinal schistosomiasis is a widespread public health problem, a country-wide assessment of the …
In the last decade, development of point-of-care platforms (POCs) for diagnosis of infectious diseases or rapid tests (RTs) has increased in order to attend to the need for reliable …
Y Mu, P Cai, RM Olveda, AG Ross, DU Olveda… - Parasitology, 2020 - cambridge.org
Novel tools for early diagnosis and monitoring of schistosomiasis are urgently needed. This study aimed to validate parasite-derived miRNAs as potential novel biomarkers for the …
P Cai, KG Weerakoon, Y Mu, RM Olveda… - PLoS Neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Zoonotic schistosomiasis in Asia, caused by Schistosoma japonicum, remains a major public health concern in China and the Philippines. The developing epidemiological …
P Cai, Y Mu, KG Weerakoon, RM Olveda… - Infectious Diseases of …, 2021 - mednexus.org
Background: Zoonotic schistosomiasis, caused by Schistosoma japonicum, remains a major public health problem in the Philippines. This study aimed to evaluate the commercially …