Diagnosing point-of-care diagnostics for neglected tropical diseases.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Mitasha Bharadwaj, Michel Bengtson, Mirte Golverdingen, Loulotte Waling, Cees Dekker
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Achilles Heel
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009405; https://doaj.org/article/3f56eb3b735a4d8b87f6ace33c678c6f

Inadequate and nonintegrated diagnostics are the Achilles' heel of global efforts to monitor, control, and eradicate neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). While treatment is often available, NTDs are endemic among marginalized populations, due to the unavailability or inadequacy of diagnostic tes...