Formative research to inform development of a new diagnostic for soil-transmitted helminths: Going beyond the laboratory to ensure access to a needed product.

Formative research to inform development of a new diagnostic for soil-transmitted helminths: Going beyond the laboratory to ensure access to a needed product.

Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) affect more than 1.5 billion people. The global strategy to control STH infections requires periodic mass drug administration (MDA) based on prevalence among populations at risk determined by diagnostic testing. Widely used copromicroscopy methods to detect infectio...

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Main Authors: Helen L Storey, Neha Agarwal, Jason Cantera, Allison Golden, Kerry Gallo, Tara Herrick, Vicente Belizario, Jimmy Kihara, Charles Mwandawiro, Bill Cadwallader, Tala de Los Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-05-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007372

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007372

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