High Specificity but Low Sensitivity of Lab-on-a-Disk Technique in Detecting Soil-Transmitted Helminth Eggs among Pre- and School-Aged Children in North-Western Tanzania
An estimated 1.5 billion people are infected with soil-transmitted helminths (hookworms, <i>Ascaris lumbricoides</i> and <i>Trichuris trichiura</i>). These infections are targeted for elimination by the World Health Organization (WHO) by 2030, with the main interventions bein...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2023-12-01
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Series: | Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/9/1/5 |