Diagnostics to support the control of scabies-Development of two target product profiles.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Scabies was added to the WHO NTD portfolio in 2017 and targets for the control of scabies were included in the 2021-2030 WHO NTD roadmap. A major component of scabies control efforts a strategy based on mass drug administration (MDA) with ivermectin. Currently diagnosis of scabies relies on clinical examination with a limited role for diagnostic testing. Under the recommendation of the WHO Diagnostic Technical Advisory Group (DTAG) for Neglected Tropical Diseases, a working group was assembled and tasked with agreeing on priority use cases for and developing target product profiles (TPPs) for new diagnostics tools for scabies.

Methodology and principal findings

The working group convened three times and established two use cases: establishing if the 10% threshold

SUBMITTER: Marks M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9467343 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature