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| Title |
A Research Agenda for Helminth Diseases of Humans: Diagnostics for Control and Elimination Programmes
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| Published in |
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, April 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001601 |
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| Authors |
James S. McCarthy, Sara Lustigman, Guo-Jing Yang, Rashida M. Barakat, Héctor H. García, Banchob Sripa, Arve Lee Willingham, Roger K. Prichard, María-Gloria Basáñez |
| Abstract |
Diagnostic tools appropriate for undertaking interventions to control helminth infections are key to their success. Many diagnostic tests for helminth infection have unsatisfactory performance characteristics and are not well suited for use in the parasite control programmes that are being increasingly implemented. Although the application of modern laboratory research techniques to improve diagnostics for helminth infection has resulted in some technical advances, uptake has not been uniform. Frequently, pilot or proof of concept studies of promising diagnostic technologies have not been followed by much needed product development, and in many settings diagnosis continues to rely on insensitive and unsatisfactory parasitological or serodiagnostic techniques. In contrast, PCR-based xenomonitoring of arthropod vectors, and use of parasite recombinant proteins as reagents for serodiagnostic tests, have resulted in critical advances in the control of specific helminth parasites. The Disease Reference Group on Helminths Infections (DRG4), established in 2009 by the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) was given the mandate to review helminthiases research and identify research priorities and gaps. In this review, the diagnostic technologies relevant to control of helminth infections, either available or in development, are reviewed. Critical gaps are identified and opportunities to improve needed technologies are discussed. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 202 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 2 | <1% |
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Ghana | 1 | <1% |
| Finland | 1 | <1% |
| Thailand | 1 | <1% |
| Argentina | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 190 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 46 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 31 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 30 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 7% |
| Other | 13 | 6% |
| Other | 26 | 13% |
| Unknown | 42 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 43 | 21% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 36 | 18% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 17 | 8% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 13 | 6% |
| Chemistry | 6 | 3% |
| Other | 32 | 16% |
| Unknown | 55 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 June 2014.
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#8,158,001
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Outputs from PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
#4,760
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#55,202
of 177,605 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
#44
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