Diagnostic accuracy of kato-katz and FLOTAC for assessing anthelmintic drug efficacy

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Knopp, Stefanie ^a,b   Speich, Benjamin ^a,b   Hattendorf, Jan ^a,b   Rinaldi, Laura ^c   Mohammed, Khalfan A ^d   Khamis, I Simba ^d   Mohammed, Alisa S ^d   Albonico, Marco ^e,f   Rollinson, David ^g   Marti, Hanspeter ^a,b   Cringoli, Giuseppe ^c   Utzinger, Jürg ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d Ministry of Health Zanzibar   (Tanzania)

^e Ivo de Carneri Foundation   (Italy)

^f Public Health Laboratory Ivo de Carneri   (Tanzania)

^g DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KATO KATZ TECHNIQUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; ADOLESCENT; ANCYLOSTOMA; ANIMAL; EVALUATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; TANZANIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955888033     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001036     Document Type: Article

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