Single-Imaging Parasite-Quantification Microfluidic Device for Detection and Analysis of Schistosoma Eggs in Urine.

Heaven D Chitemo, Vyacheslav R Misko, Matthieu Briet, Jeffer Bhuko, Filip Legein, Humphrey D Mazigo, Wim De Malsche

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Heaven D ChitemoDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza P.O. Box 1464, Tanzania.ORCID 0009-0001-7741-6405

Vyacheslav R MiskoµFlow Group, Department of Bioengineering Sciences, Department of Chemical Engineering, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-5290-412X

Matthieu BrietµFlow Group, Department of Bioengineering Sciences, Department of Chemical Engineering, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-1571-2233

Jeffer BhukoDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza P.O. Box 1464, Tanzania.ORCID 0000-0002-1118-2482

Filip LegeinµFlow Group, Department of Bioengineering Sciences, Department of Chemical Engineering, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.

Humphrey D MazigoDepartment of Medical Parasitology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza P.O. Box 1464, Tanzania.ORCID 0000-0001-5219-6234

Wim De MalscheµFlow Group, Department of Bioengineering Sciences, Department of Chemical Engineering, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-1955-7912

Funding

VLIR-UOS Short Initiative 2022 ET2022SIN345A105VLIR-UOS South Initiative 2020 TZ2020SIN308A105VLIR-UOS TEAM 2024 TZ2024TEA571A105

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Abstract

The accurate diagnosis of schistosomiasis for effective disease surveillance, treatment, and follow-up is crucial to attain the World Health Organization's 2030 goal to eliminate schistosomiasis as a public health problem. The current diagnostic tools for urinary schistosomiasis, including the gold standard urine filtration test, have been reported to show low sensitivity in detecting low-intensity infections, which, when missed, act as reservoirs for infections-an evident gap in endemic areas where preventive chemotherapy reduces infection intensities. This study assessed the laboratory-based performance of the newly developed urinary Single Imaging Parasite Quantification chip for

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microfluidicsneglected tropical diseasesSingle Image Parasite Quantification (SIMPAQ)urinary schistosomiasis

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PMID41753926

DOI10.3390/mi17020270

PMCPMC12943404

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