Expanding molecular diagnostics of helminthiasis: Piloting use of the GPLN platform for surveillance of soil transmitted helminthiasis and schistosomiasis in Ghana.

• Main Authors: Lucas J Cunningham (Author), John Odoom (Author), Deborah Pratt (Author), Linda Boatemaa (Author), Nana Asante-Ntim (Author), Keren Attiku (Author), Bismarck Banahene (Author), Mike Osei-Atweneboana (Author), Jaco J Verweij (Author), David Molyneux (Author), Russell J Stothard (Author), Emily R Adams (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The efforts to control and eradicate polio as a global health burden have been successful to the point where currently only three countries now report endemic polio, and the number of cases of polio continues to decrease. The success of the polio programme has been dependant on a well-developed netw...