Development and Evaluation of a LAMP Test for Simultaneous Diagnosis of Schistosoma Mansoni and Soil-Transmitted Helminth (STH) Infections in Fecal Samples

With global efforts to eliminate schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases by chemotherapy, more suitable diagnostic tests that are relatively simple and rapid to perform, inexpensive, easy to adapt for field use and with throughput potential are needed to support disease control efforts. This project if successful will ensure that cases are detected rapidly and more accurately, efficacy of chemotherapy is evaluated efficiently and more precisely, and epidemiological surveillance of infection is done more reliably in Kenya, an endemic area.