Mobile phone microscopy for the diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminth infections: a proof-of-concept study.
Bogoch II., Andrews JR., Speich B., Utzinger J., Ame SM., Ali SM., Keiser J.
We created a mobile phone microscope and assessed its accuracy for the diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminths compared with conventional microscopy. Mobile phone microscopy has a sensitivity of 69.4% for detecting any helminth egg and sensitivities of 81.0%, 54.4%, and 14.3% for the diagnosis of Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and hookworm respectively.