Open AccessMobile Phone Microscopy for the Diagnosis of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections: A Proof-of-Concept Study
Author(s) -
Isaac I. Bogoch,
Jason R. Andrews,
Benjamin Speich,
Jürg Utzinger,
M. Shaali,
Said M. Ali,
Jennifer Keiser
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.015
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1476-1645
pISSN - 0002-9637
DOI - 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0742
Subject(s) - helminths , proof of concept , mobile phone , microscopy , helminth infections , computer science , biology , medicine , immunology , pathology , telecommunications , operating system
We created a mobile phone microscope and assessed its accuracy for the diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminths compared with conventional microscopy. Mobile phone microscopy has a sensitivity of 69.4% for detecting any helminth egg and sensitivities of 81.0%, 54.4%, and 14.3% for the diagnosis of Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and hookworm respectively.
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