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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), 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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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