Performance characteristics and quality control of community based ultrasound surveys for cystic and alveolar echinococcosis

Acta Tropica

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 203-209

  Macpherson, Calum N L ^a   Milner, Ruth ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

Author keywords

Alveolar echinococcosis positive predictive value; Community based surveys; Cystic echinococcosis; Ethical issues; Sensitivity; Specificity; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG HYDATID CYST; MASS SCREENING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SCREENING TEST; STANDARD; ULTRASOUND; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; ECHINOCOCCUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 0037327432     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(02)00224-3     Document Type: Review

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