Diagnostic techniques of soil-transmitted helminths: Impact on control measures
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Diagnostic techniques of soil-transmitted helminths: Impact on control measures. / Ngwese, Mirabeau Mbong; Manouana, Gédéon Prince; Moure, Paul Alvyn Nguema; Ramharter, Michael; Esen, Meral; Adégnika, Ayola Akim.
in: TROP MED INFECT DIS, Jahrgang 5, Nr. 2, 93, 05.06.2020.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Review › Forschung
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T1 - Diagnostic techniques of soil-transmitted helminths: Impact on control measures
AU - Ngwese, Mirabeau Mbong
AU - Manouana, Gédéon Prince
AU - Moure, Paul Alvyn Nguema
AU - Ramharter, Michael
AU - Esen, Meral
AU - Adégnika, Ayola Akim
N1 - Funding Information: Acknowledgments: We thank all personnel of the parasitology laboratory of CERMEL-Gabon for their support in providing technical explanations and references on available parasitology diagnostic platforms in the institution. We acknowledge support by Open Access Publishing Fund of University of Tübingen. This work is not funded. However, AAA, is member of CANTAM (EDCTP-RegNet2015-1045) and PANDORA-ID-Net (EDCTP Grant Agreement RIA2016E-1609) networks. Publisher Copyright: © 2020 by the authors. Copyright: Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/6/5
Y1 - 2020/6/5
N2 - Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are common in the tropical and subtropical countries. The burden of disease is highest in endemic areas with limited access to good quality water supply and poor sanitary conditions. Major approaches to control and reduce morbidity caused by worm infections include the periodic deworming of pre-school and school-aged children with anthelminthic drugs. Population-based studies and individual patient management including interventional studies can only be successful when accurate diagnostic techniques are used. The lack of appropriate diagnostic tools providing accurate results concerning both infectious status and intensity of infection-as these two factors vary in regions of low infection intensities-is a major challenge. Currently, available techniques show limited sensitivity and specificity and as such, a combination of several techniques is usually used to diagnose the large variety of parasite species. The objective of this review was to describe the advantages and disadvantages of the different available techniques for the diagnosis of STH infections and to highlight their use in control programs.
AB - Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are common in the tropical and subtropical countries. The burden of disease is highest in endemic areas with limited access to good quality water supply and poor sanitary conditions. Major approaches to control and reduce morbidity caused by worm infections include the periodic deworming of pre-school and school-aged children with anthelminthic drugs. Population-based studies and individual patient management including interventional studies can only be successful when accurate diagnostic techniques are used. The lack of appropriate diagnostic tools providing accurate results concerning both infectious status and intensity of infection-as these two factors vary in regions of low infection intensities-is a major challenge. Currently, available techniques show limited sensitivity and specificity and as such, a combination of several techniques is usually used to diagnose the large variety of parasite species. The objective of this review was to describe the advantages and disadvantages of the different available techniques for the diagnosis of STH infections and to highlight their use in control programs.
KW - Control measures
KW - Diagnostics
KW - Intestinal helminths
KW - Soil-transmitted helminths
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85087488086&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/tropicalmed5020093
DO - 10.3390/tropicalmed5020093
M3 - SCORING: Review article
C2 - 32516900
AN - SCOPUS:85087488086
VL - 5
JO - TROP MED INFECT DIS
JF - TROP MED INFECT DIS
SN - 2414-6366
IS - 2
M1 - 93
ER -