title: Mobile phone microscopy for the diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminth infections: a proof-of-concept study.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. isaac.bogoch@uhn.ca
authors.forename: Isaac I
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Bogoch
authors.forename: Jason R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Andrews
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Speich
authors.forename: Jürg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Utzinger
authors.forename: Shaali M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ame
authors.forename: Said M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Keiser
mesh_terms: D000723:Ancylostomatoidea / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000818:Animals; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017164:Ascaris lumbricoides / Q000302:isolation & purification; D040421:Cell Phone / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002648:Child; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006725:Hookworm Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008853:Microscopy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D010270:Parasite Egg Count; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012987:Soil / Q000469:parasitology*; D014257:Trichuriasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014258:Trichuris / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D012987:Soil