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The mobile phone microscope had a sensitivity of 72.1% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 56.1\u201384.2), specificity of 100% (95% CI: 75.9\u2013100), positive predictive value of 100% (95% CI: 86.3\u2013100), and a negative predictive value of 57.1% (95% CI: 37.4\u201375.0). With its modest sensitivity and high specificity, this handheld and cost-effective mobile phone\u2013based microscope is a stepping-stone toward developing a powerful tool in clinical and public health settings where there is limited access to conventional laboratory diagnostic support.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.16-0912","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,6,7]],"date-time":"2017-06-07T17:09:21Z","timestamp":1496855361000},"page":"1468-1471","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":51,"title":["Evaluation of a Mobile Phone-Based Microscope for Screening of Schistosoma haematobium Infection in Rural Ghana"],"prefix":"10.4269","volume":"96","author":[{"given":"Isaac I.","family":"Bogoch","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada."},{"name":"Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hatice C.","family":"Koydemir","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Electrical and Bioengineering Departments, University of California, Los Angeles, California."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Derek","family":"Tseng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Electrical and Bioengineering Departments, University of California, Los Angeles, California."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Richard K. 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