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ArticleTropical medicine & international health : TM & IH2022

Diagnostics to support mycetoma management-Development of two target product profiles.

Noah Fongwen, Kingsley B Asiedu, Sahar Bakhiet, Alexandro Bonifaz, Israel Cruz, Daniel Argaw, Guadalupe Estrada-Chavez, Ahmed H Fahal, Ana Litvintseva, Michael Marks and 3 more

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Article in Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Skin health and disease · 2025
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  2. The development of a multiplex recombinase polymerase amplification reaction to detect the most common causative agents of eumycetoma.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025
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  3. BMJ case reports · 2024
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  5. Diagnostics to support mycetoma management-Development of two target product profiles.Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 11 institutions in 8 countries.

Noah FongwenDepartment of Clinical Research, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Kingsley B AsieduDepartment of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.
Sahar BakhietMycetoma Research Center, Soba University Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan.
Alexandro BonifazDermatology Service & Mycology Department, Hospital General de México, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico.
Israel CruzNational School of Public Health, CIBERINFEC, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Daniel ArgawDepartment of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.
Guadalupe Estrada-ChavezCommunity Dermatology Mexico C.A./Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Autonoma de Guerrero, Acapulco, Mexico.
Ahmed H FahalMycetoma Research Center, Soba University Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan.
Ana LitvintsevaNational Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA.
Michael MarksDepartment of Clinical Research, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Mario C Salinas-CarmonaDepartamento de Inmunología, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Medicina, Nuevo León, Mexico.
Doudou SowService de Parasitologie-Mycologie, UFR Sciences de la Santé, Université Gaston Berger, Saint-Louis, Senegal.
Wendy W J van de SandeDepartment of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative · CHUniversity of Khartoum · SDErasmus MC · NLHospital General de México · MXInstituto de Salud Carlos III · ESLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GBNational Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases · USUniversidad Autónoma de Guerrero · MXUniversidad Autónoma de Nuevo León · MXUniversité Gaston Berger · SNUniversity College London · GB

Funding

World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveMycetoma is a neglected tropical disease caused by more than 70 different microorganisms and identified by the WHO as one of the high-priority diseases for developing diagnostic tests. To ensure the production of diagnostic assays for use by clinical staff in endemic regions, target product profiles (TPPs) were designed.

methodsWe describe the development of two TPPs: one for a diagnostic test able to identify the causative agent of mycetoma and another that would determine when treatment could be stopped. The TPPs were developed by considering product use, design, performance, product configuration and costs.

resultsVersion 1.0 TPPs for two uses were posted by WHO for a 1-month online public consultation on 25 October 2021, and the final TPP was posted online on 5 May 2022.

conclusionA major difficulty encountered in developing both TPPs was the large number of agents able to cause mycetoma and the lack of specific biomarkers for most of them.

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MycetomaBiological AssayCosts and Cost AnalysisHumansNeglected DiseasesReferral and Consultationactinomycetomaeumycetomamycetomapoint-of-care testtarget product profileWHO

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PMCPMC10099886
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