Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a significant health burden, most commonly affecting the lungs and referred to as pulmonary TB (PTB). Diagnostic techniques of PTB primarily rely on ...
Cryptosporidiosis, a diarrheal disease caused by the protozoan parasite Cryptosporidium spp. has become recognized as one of the most common causes of water borne diseases in humans. To compare the ...
Of the 110 stool samples collected, 28 (25%) were detected positive for the presence of Blastocystis sp. by two or more tests. Culture method detected the highest number of Blastocystis-positive stool ...
Schistosomiasis is a public health concern and there is a need for reliable field-compatible diagnostic methods in endemic settings. The AiDx Assist, an artificial intelligence (AI)-based automated ...
Intestinal parasitic infections comprise diseases caused by protozoa (unicellular protists, based on phylogenetic reclassifications) and helminths that remain major public health concerns due to their ...
Introduction Amoebic liver abscesses (ALA) are clinically challenging to differentiate from pyogenic liver abscesses. Stool microscopy is usually negative in the setting of amoebic liver abscess ...