A smartphone microscopic method for simultaneous detection of (oo)cysts of Cryptosporidium and Giardia.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Retina Shrestha, Rojina Duwal, Sajeev Wagle, Samiksha Pokhrel, Basant Giri, Bhanu Bhakta Neupane
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; The Spike
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008560; https://doaj.org/article/c02500a6a54c4ccda6b9ff54209dc8fa

Background Food and water-borne illness caused by ingestion of (oo)cysts of Cryptosporidium and Giardia is one of the major health problems globally. Several methods are available to detect Giardia cyst and Cryptosporidium oocyst in food and water. Most of the available methods require a good labora...