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Diagnosis of Parasitic Diseases: Old and New Approaches

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2009
Methods for the diagnosis of infectious diseases have stagnated in the last 20–30 years. Few major advances in clinical diagnostic testing have been made since the introduction of PCR, although new technologies are being investigated.
Momar Ndao
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Assessment of the accuracy of 11 different diagnostic tests for the detection of Schistosomiasis mansoni in individuals from a Brazilian area of low endemicity using latent class analysis

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
BackgroundSchistosomiasis is a parasitic disease associated with poverty. It is estimated that 7.1 million people are infected with Schistosoma mansoni in Latin America, with 95% of them living in Brazil.
Silvia Gonçalves Mesquita, Roberta Lima Caldeira, Tereza Cristina Favre, Cristiano Lara Massara, Lílian Christina Nóbrega Holsbach Beck, Taynãna César Simões, Gardênia Braz Figueiredo de Carvalho, Flória Gabriela dos Santos Neves, Gabriela de Oliveira, Larisse de Souza Barbosa Lacerda, Matheus Alves de Almeida, Omar dos Santos Carvalho, Marina Moraes Mourão, Edward Oliveira, Rosiane A. Silva-Pereira, Cristina Toscano Fonseca   +15 more
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Characterization of a novel microfilarial antigen for diagnosis of Wuchereria bancrofti infections

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022
Background Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a neglected tropical disease caused by the filarial nematodes Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi and Brugia timori.
Sarah E. Greene, Kerstin Fischer, Young-Jun Choi, Kurt C. Curtis, Philip J. Budge, Makedonka Mitreva, Christopher L. King, Peter U. Fischer, Gary J. Weil   +8 more
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Validation of two rapid diagnostic tests for visceral leishmaniasis in Kenya. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013
BACKGROUND: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a systemic parasitic disease that is fatal unless treated. In Kenya, national VL guidelines rely on microscopic examination of spleen aspirate to confirm diagnosis.
Jane Mbui, Monique Wasunna, Manica Balasegaram, Adrian Laussermayer, Rashid Juma, Simon Njoroge Njenga, George Kirigi, Mark Riongoita, Roberto de la Tour, Joke van Peteghem, Raymond Omollo, François Chappuis   +11 more
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The sensitivity and specificity of rapid diagnostic test for malaria parasite in comparison to slide microscopy as gold standard

UIC Research Journal, 2016
<p>The main objective of this study was to test the sensitivity and specificity of rapid diagnostic test for malaria parasite in comparison to slide microscopy as gold standard. Data were acquired from blood mass survey of malaria infection conducted in the community of Paquibato district, Davao City.
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CUORE: A Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events [PDF]

, 2002
CUORE is a proposed tightly packed array of 1000 TeO2 bolometers, each being a cube 5 cm on a side with a mass of 760 g. The array consists of 25 vertical towers, arranged in a square of 5 towers by 5 towers, each containing 10 layers of 4 crystals.
A de Ward, A Giuliani, A Morales, A Nucciotti, A.R Smith, Aalseth, Aalseth, Aalseth, Aalseth, Abdurashitov, Ahmad, Alessandrello, Alessandrello, Alessandrello, Alessandrello, Alessandrello, Arnaboldi, Arnaboldi, Arnaboldi, Arnaboldi, Avignone, Barger, Barucci, Baudis, Bilenky, Bilenky, Booth, C Arnaboldi, C Brofferio, C Bucci, C Pobes, C Rosenfeld, Caurier, Cebrian, Ching, Ching, Civitaresa, Cleveland, Creswick, D Giugni, Davis, Dell'Antonio, E Fiorini, E Previtali, E.B Norman, E.E Haller, Ejiri, Ejiri, Elliott, Engel, F.T Avignone III, Farzan, Fascilla, Feruglio, Fiorini, Fiorini, Fukuda, Fukuda, Fukuda, Fukuda, Fukuda, Furry, G Frossati, G Pessina, G Ventura, Gatti, Giuliani, Gonzales, H.A Farach, Hampel, Haxton, Haxton, Haxton, Hirsch, I.G Irastorza, J Beeman, Jones, Klapdor-Kleingrothaus, L Carbone, L Zanotti, Liguori, M Balata, M Barucci, M Pavan, M Pedretti, M Sisti, M Vanzini, Mather, Moe, Morales, Mott, O Cremonesi, P Gorla, P Negri, Pantis, Pascoli, Pessina, Pobell, Poves, Primakoff, Primakoff, R.J Creswick, R.J McDonald, S Capelli, S Cebrian, S Pirro, Shklovskii, Staudt, Suhonen, Tomoda, Tomoda, Tretyak, Twerenbold, V Palmieri, Vasenko, Vogel, Vogel, W.C. Haxton, White   +118 more
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Proof-of-principle demonstration of vertical gravity gradient measurement using a single proof mass double-loop atom interferometer [PDF]

, 2018
We demonstrate a proof-of-principle of direct Earth gravity gradient measurement with an atom interferometer-based gravity gradiomter using a single proof mass of cold 87 rubidium atoms.
Bidel, Yannick, Blanchard, Cedric, Bresson, Alexandre, Cadoret, Malo, Perrin, Isadora, Zahzam, Nassim   +5 more
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Molecular Diagnosis of Chagas Disease in Colombia: Parasitic Loads and Discrete Typing Units in Patients from Acute and Chronic Phases.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
BackgroundThe diagnosis of Chagas disease is complex due to the dynamics of parasitemia in the clinical phases of the disease. The molecular tests have been considered promissory because they detect the parasite in all clinical phases.
Carolina Hernández, Zulma Cucunubá, Carolina Flórez, Mario Olivera, Carlos Valencia, Pilar Zambrano, Cielo León, Juan David Ramírez   +7 more
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Recombinant antigens used as diagnostic tools for lymphatic filariasis

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a parasitic disease caused by the worms Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, or Brugia timori. It is a tropical and subtropical illness that affects approximately 67 million people worldwide and that still requires better ...
André Filipe Pastor, Maressa Rhuama Silva, Wagner José Tenório dos Santos, Tamisa Rego, Eduardo Brandão, Osvaldo Pompilio de-Melo-Neto, Abraham Rocha   +6 more
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Disentangling the effects of intermittent faecal shedding and imperfect test sensitivity on the microscopy-based detection of gut parasites in stool samples

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Background Gut-parasite transmission often involves faecal shedding, and detecting parasites in stool samples remains the cornerstone of diagnosis. However, not all samples drawn from infected hosts contain parasites (because of intermittent shedding), and no test can detect the target parasites in 100% of parasite-bearing samples (because of ...
Lana C. E. Ferreira-Sá, Eleuza R. Machado, Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves, Fernando Abad-Franch   +3 more
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