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In this framework, we present a pilot study to design and produce a peptide microarray for the integrated surveillance of neglected tropical diseases. The peptide microarray was evaluated against peptides derived from Ascaris lumbricoides<\/jats:italic>, Necator americanus<\/jats:italic>, Schistosoma haematobium<\/jats:italic>, Schistosoma mansoni<\/jats:italic>, Trichuris trichiura<\/jats:italic>, Bacillus anthracis<\/jats:italic>, Mycobacterium leprae<\/jats:italic>, Wuchereria bancrofti<\/jats:italic>, Rabies lyssavirus<\/jats:italic>, Chlamydia trachomatis<\/jats:italic> and Trypanosoma brucei<\/jats:italic>.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n\nMethods<\/jats:title>\nS<\/jats:italic>. haematobium<\/jats:italic> was diagnosed using the urine filtration technique. S<\/jats:italic>. mansoni<\/jats:italic>, A<\/jats:italic>. lumbricoides<\/jats:italic>, N<\/jats:italic>. americanus<\/jats:italic> and T<\/jats:italic>. trichiura<\/jats:italic> were diagnosed using the Kato Katz and formal ether concentration techniques. Immunogenic peptides were retrieved from the Tackling Infection to Benefit Africa infectious diseases epitope microarray. Further peptides were predicted using ABCpred. IgG and IgM reactivity against the derived peptides were evaluated using peptide microarray multiplex immunoassays. Positive response was defined as fluorescence intensity \u2265 500 fluorescence units. Immunodominant peptides were identified using color-coded heat maps and bar graphs reflecting the obtained fluorescence signal intensities. Receiver Operating Characteristic analysis and Mann-Whitney-U test were performed to determine the diagnostic validity of the peptides.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n\nResults<\/jats:title>\nSpecies-specific responses with at least one peptide derived from each NTD pathogen were observed. The reactive peptides included; for S<\/jats:italic>. haematobium<\/jats:italic>, XP_035588858.1-206-220 and XP_035588858.1-206-220 immunodominant for IgG and IgM respectively, for S<\/jats:italic>. mansoni<\/jats:italic>, P20287.1-58-72 immunodominant for both antibodies and for T<\/jats:italic>. trichiura<\/jats:italic>, CDW52482.1-326-340 immunodominant for IgG and CDW57769.1-2017-2031 and CDW57769.1-1518-1532 immunodominant for IgM. According to ROC analysis most of the peptides selected were inaccurate; with AUC < 0.5. 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