Reduction in the prevalence and intensity of hookworm infections after praziquantel treatment for schistosomiasis infection

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 759-765

  Utzinger, Jürg ^a   Vounatsou, Penelope ^b   N'Goran, Eliézer K ^c   Tanner, Marcel ^b   Booth, Mark ^d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Diagnostic error; Hookworm; Kato Katz thick smears; Praziquantel; Prevalence and intensity of infection

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; COTE D'IVOIRE; FECES; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; CESTODA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0036223916     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(02)00012-7     Document Type: Article

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