Operational Research Procedure tutorials for schistosomiasis and STHs
The recent mass drug donations to control and eliminate NTDs could prove uninteresting for research purposes if a problem of reproducibility arises.
The recent mass drug donations to control and eliminate neglected tropical diseases could prove uninteresting for research purposes if a problem of reproducibility arises. In order to improve the standardization of the operational procedures used, the Flemish Interuniversity Council developed seven visual tutorials focusing on schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis.
The first three tutorials provide detailed information on how to perform both traditional and newly developed methods to diagnose and quantify infections in stool, including and .
The gives guidance on how to organize the laboratory for assessing a large number of samples.
The shows how to preserve stool samples for molecular analysis.
The displays how to pool stool samples for a cost-effective assessment of infections.
The illustrates how to assess anthelmintic drug efficacy against these neglected tropical diseases at a school.
The tutorials are made publically available at YouTube -
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