Mobile microscopy and telemedicine platform assisted by deep learning for the quantification of Trichuris trichiura infection.

• Main Authors: Elena Dacal (Author), David Bermejo-Peláez (Author), Lin Lin (Author), Elisa Álamo (Author), Daniel Cuadrado (Author), Álvaro Martínez (Author), Adriana Mousa (Author), María Postigo (Author), Alicia Soto (Author), Endre Sukosd (Author), Alexander Vladimirov (Author), Charles Mwandawiro (Author), Paul Gichuki (Author), Nana Aba Williams (Author), José Muñoz (Author), Stella Kepha (Author), Miguel Luengo-Oroz (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) are the most prevalent pathogens among the group of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). The Kato-Katz technique is the diagnosis method recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) although it often presents a decreased sensitivity in low transmission settings...