Time for a diagnostic sea-change: Rethinking neglected tropical disease diagnostics to achieve elimination

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 Dec 31;14(12):e0008933. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008933. eCollection 2020 Dec.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Disease Eradication*
  • Humans
  • Neglected Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Neglected Diseases / epidemiology
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Tropical Medicine*

Grants and funding

KG was supported as a staff member of the secretariat of the Coalition for Operational Research on Neglected Tropical Diseases, which is funded at The Task Force for Global Health primarily by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (www.gatesfoundation.org), by the United States Agency for International Development(www.usaid.gov) through its Neglected Tropical Diseases Program, and with UK aid from the British people (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-development-office). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.