ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2025
Screening and Diagnosis Access for Neglected and Tropical Parasitic Diseases in Italy: A National Survey.
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backgroundThe availability of laboratory tests to screen and diagnose migrants and travellers for neglected and tropical parasitic diseases significantly impacts individual and public health. Italian scientific societies for parasitology, tropical diseases, and global health developed a survey to assess number and geographical localisation of laboratories able to carry out adequate diagnostics.
methodsAn open-ended and multiple-choice questionnaire was constructed and sent to 752 members working in Italian microbiology laboratories via scientific societies' mailing lists. Data concerning malaria, cystic echinococcosis, leishmaniasis, schistosomiasis, strongyloidiasis, and Chagas disease were included.
resultsMembers from 96 laboratories replied. At least one laboratory responded from 18 out of 20 Italian regions. Serological tests for
conclusionsThe survey underlines the need to improve diagnosis for neglected and tropical diseases, to define a network of reference laboratories for testing less prevalent diseases, and to share information, education, and training for both clinicians and microbiologists/parasitologists.
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