ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2023
High Sensitivity of Mobile Phone Microscopy Screening for Schistosoma haematobium in Azaguié, Côte d'Ivoire.
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- Accuracy of AI-assisted diagnostic tools for Schistosoma haematobium: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Pooled it
- Diagnostic accuracy of rapid and point-of-care tests forFrontiers in parasitology · 2026Pooled it
- Improved serological testing for bovine schistosomiasis in Eastern Africa.Parasites & vectors · 2026Article
- NTDscope: A multi-contrast portable microscope for disease diagnosis.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Portable digital microscopy with point-of-care testing for low-cost and efficient prevalence surveys for schistosomiasis control.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Multi-contrast machine learning improves schistosomiasis diagnostic performance.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Development of an automated artificial intelligence-based system for urogenital schistosomiasis diagnosis using digital image analysis techniques and a robotized microscope.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Rapid and Comprehensive Screening for Urogenital and Gastrointestinal Schistosomiasis with Handheld Digital Microscopy Combined with Circulating Cathodic Antigen Testing.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2024Article
- Validation of artificial intelligence-based digital microscopy for automated detection of Schistosoma haematobium eggs in urine in Gabon.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Optical imaging for screening and early cancer diagnosis in low-resource settings.Nature reviews bioengineering · 2024Article
- Review of Recent Prevalence of Urogenital Schistosomiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa and Diagnostic Challenges in the Field Setting.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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Abstract
Schistosomiasis infections continue to impact African settings disproportionately, and there is an urgent need for novel tools to evaluate infection control and elimination strategies at the community level. Mobile phone microscopes are portable and semiautomated devices with multiple applications for screening neglected tropical diseases. In a community-based schistosomiasis screening program in Azaguié, Côte d'Ivoire, mobile phone microscopy demonstrated a sensitivity of 85.7% (95% CI: 69.7-95.2%) and specificity of 93.3% (95% CI: 87.7-96.9%) for Schistosoma haematobium identification compared with conventional light microscopy, and 95% sensitivity (95% CI: 74.1-99.8%) with egg concentrations of five or more per 10 mL of urine. Mobile phone microscopy is a promising tool for schistosomiasis control and elimination efforts.
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