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by Sisay Desale, Getaneh Alemu, Tadesse Hailu

Urogenital schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma haematobium remains endemic in sub-Saharan Africa. Diagnosis traditionally relies on urine microscopy to detect parasite eggs; however, its sensitivity declines in low-intensity infections. Artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted image analysis offers a promising approach to automate egg detection and enhance diagnostic accuracy, but its performance compared with standard microscopy is not well established. Читать дальше...

by Mengqing Li, Yang Yang, Chuizhao Xue, Qingqiu Zuo, Ying Wang, Hua Liu, Yefei Pu, Yujuan Shen, Xu Wang, Jianhai Yin, Jianping Cao

by Guanjing Lang, Shasha Ye, Xingguo Miao, Jiaying Qin, Dairong Xiang, Mengyan Wang, Gong Chen, Feifei Su, Lijun Xu

by Tongtong Liu, Hongna Gao, Nan Wang, Weichen Wang, Zhang Cao, Hao Zhu, Naiguo Liu, Honglian Gao, Bing Ji, Tonggang Liu, Fan Zhang, Xuelian Bai

by The PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Editors

by Huamei Wei, Artid Amsri, Patcharin Thammasit, Kritsada Pruksaphon, Yuanji Teng, Changke Pu, Yuefeng Huang, Joshua D. Nosanchuk, Sirida Youngchim

by Alice O’Hagan, Rachel Pechey, Hannah Forde, Lauren Bandy

To address high rates of diet-related disease, the UK Government has a series of voluntary targets for retailers, manufacturers, and the out-of-home sector (e.g., restaurants), to reduce the sugar, salt, and calorie content of food products. The sugar targets were intended to be met in 2020, the salt targets in 2024, and the calorie targets in 2025 (extended from 2024 due to Covid-19). There is limited evidence for how... Читать дальше...

by Margaret E. Kruk, Neena R. Kapoor, Catherine Arsenault, Susanne Carai, Federico M. Daray, Svetlana V. Doubova, Catherine K. Ettman, Patricia J. Garcia, Theodros Getachew, Ezequiel Garcia-Elorrio, Eric J. Lenze, Todd P. Lewis, Agustina Mazzoni, Jesus Medina-Ranilla, Sailesh Mohan, Inbarani Naidoo, Juhwan Oh, Emelda A. Okiro, Muhammad Pate, Marta B. Rondon, Rosanna Tarricone, Xiaohui Wang, Patricia Cavazos-Rehg

by Aishi Aratrika, Carla M. Doyle, Cheryl Case Johnson, Olanrewaju Edun, Bogol Mbope, Achille Adoko, Mphotleng Tlhomola, Cédric P. Yansouni, Augustine Talumba Choko, Jeffrey W. Imai-Eaton, Mathieu Maheu-Giroux

by Francesca Colombo, Sabine Vuik, Marion Devaux, Michele Cecchini