Comparative cost assessment of the Kato-Katz and FLOTAC techniques for soil-transmitted helminth diagnosis in epidemiological surveys

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Speich, Benjamin ^a,b   Knopp, Stefanie ^a,b   Mohammed, Khalfan A ^c   Khamis, I Simba ^c   Rinaldi, Laura ^d   Cringoli, Giuseppe ^d   Rollinson, David ^e   Utzinger, Jürg ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Ministry of Health Zanzibar   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; MEBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FLOTAC TECHNIQUE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; KATO KATZ TECHNIQUE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROSCOPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALARY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TANZANIA;

VERMES;

EID: 77956512832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-3-71     Document Type: Article

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