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Onasanya, A.A. (author), Bengtson, Michel (author), de Goeje, Ludo (author), van Engelen, J.M.L. (author), Diehl, J.C. (author), van Lieshout, Lisette (author)
IntroductionThe INSPIRED project aims to develop inclusive Digital Optical Diagnostic Devices (DODDs) for schistosomiasis, to support disease management by enabling rapid diagnostic results, to improve efficient data management to guide decision-making and to provide healthcare workers with critical health information to facilitate follow-up...
journal article 2023
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Onasanya, A.A. (author), Bengtson, M.L. (author), Oladepo, Oladimeji (author), van Engelen, J.M.L. (author), Diehl, J.C. (author)
The control and elimination of schistosomiasis have over the last two decades involved several strategies, with the current strategy by the World Health Organization (WHO)<br/>focusing mainly on treatment with praziquantel during mass drug administration (MDA). However, the disease context is complex with an interplay of social, economic,...
journal article 2021
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Van, G.Y. (author), Onasanya, A.A. (author), van Engelen, J.M.L. (author), Oladepo, Oladimeji (author), Diehl, J.C. (author)
Schistosomiasis is one of the Neglected Tropical Diseases that affects over 200 million people worldwide, of which 29million people in Nigeria. The principal strategy for schistosomiasis in Nigeria is a control and elimination program which comprises a school-based Mass Drug Administration (MDA)with limitations of high re-infection rates and...
journal article 2020
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Sluiter, M.M. (author), Onasanya, A.A. (author), Oladepo, Oladimeji (author), van Engelen, J.M.L. (author), Keshinro, Myryam (author), Agbana, T.E. (author), Van, G.Y. (author), Diehl, J.C. (author)
Schistosomiasis is a treatable and preventable neglected tropical disease of Public Health importance affecting over 200 million people worldwide while Nigeria is one of the high burden countries. Currently, available diagnostic tests are cumbersome, low in sensitivity and not field-adaptable given the high skills required that are not available...
conference paper 2020
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Onasanya, A.A. (author), Keshinro, Myryam (author), Oladepo, Oladimeji (author), van Engelen, J.M.L. (author), Diehl, J.C. (author)
Background: Schistosomiasis, one of the neglected tropical diseases, is a water-based parasitic disease of public health importance. Currently, tests for Schistosoma haematobium infection either demonstrate poor specificity, are expensive or too laborious for use in endemic countries, creating a need for more sensitive, cheaper, and easy to use...
journal article 2020
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