A review on innovative optical devices for the diagnosis of human soil-transmitted helminthiasis and schistosomiasis: from research and development to …

B Meulah, M Bengtson, L Van Lieshout, CH Hokke… - Parasitology, 2023 - cambridge.org
Diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) and schistosome infections relies largely on
conventional microscopy which has limited sensitivity, requires highly trained personnel and …

Toward the 2020 goal of soil-transmitted helminthiasis control and elimination

SL Becker, HJ Liwanag, JS Snyder… - PLoS neglected …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
On May 22, 2001, a resolution passed during the 54th World Health Assembly (WHA 54.19)
took an historic step toward reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with the world's …

[HTML][HTML] A new diagnostic approach to fast-track and increase the accessibility of gastrointestinal nematode identification from faeces: FECPAKG2 egg nemabiome …

EK Francis, J Šlapeta - International journal for parasitology, 2022 - Elsevier
Effective gastrointestinal nematode management in livestock industries is becoming
increasingly difficult due to the rise of anthelmintic resistance and changes in the temporal …

Automated parasite faecal egg counting using fluorescence labelling, smartphone image capture and computational image analysis

P Slusarewicz, S Pagano, C Mills, G Popa… - International journal for …, 2016 - Elsevier
Intestinal parasites are a concern in veterinary medicine worldwide and for human health in
the developing world. Infections are identified by microscopic visualisation of parasite eggs …

Diagnostic comparison between FECPAKG2 and the Kato-Katz method for analyzing soil-transmitted helminth eggs in stool

W Moser, O Bärenbold, GJ Mirams… - PLoS neglected …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Over one billion people are infected with soil-transmitted helminths (STH), ie
Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm and Trichuris trichiura. For estimating drug efficacy and …

Comprehensive evaluation of stool-based diagnostic methods and benzimidazole resistance markers to assess drug efficacy and detect the emergence of …

J Vlaminck, P Cools, M Albonico, S Ame… - PLoS neglected …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background To work towards reaching the WHO goal of eliminating soil-transmitted helminth
(STH) infections as a public health problem, the total number of children receiving …

Novel Equine Faecal Egg Diagnostics: Validation of the FECPAKG2

F Tyson, S Dalesman, PM Brophy, RM Morphew - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Faecal egg counts (FECs) are the standard method of diagnosing the level
of intestinal parasites in horses and other grazing animals. Testing before treatment is an …

Modification and optimization of the FECPAKG2 protocol for the detection and quantification of soil-transmitted helminth eggs in human stool

M Ayana, J Vlaminck, P Cools, S Ame… - PLoS neglected …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Standard diagnosis of human soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections is
based on the microscopic detection of helminth eggs in stool and supports programmatic …

[HTML][HTML] Smartphone microscopy of parasite eggs accumulated into a single field of view

SJ Sowerby, JA Crump, MC Johnstone… - The American journal …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A Nokia Lumia 1020 cellular phone (Microsoft Corp., Auckland, New Zealand) was
configured to image the ova of Ascaris lumbricoides converged into a single field of view but …

Development and performance of an automated fecal egg count system for small ruminant strongylids

P Slusarewicz, JH Slusarewicz, MK Nielsen - Veterinary Parasitology, 2021 - Elsevier
An automated equine fecal egg count test, known as the Parasight System, was modified for
use with small ruminants. Modifications included the introduction of a short centrifugation …