Cure rate is not a valid indicator for assessing drug efficacy and impact of preventive chemotherapy interventions against schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 361-363

  Montresor, Antonio ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anthelminthic drugs; Cure rate; Preventive chemotherapy; Schistosomiasis; Soil transmitted helminthiasis; Treatment efficacy

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMOTHERAPY; CURE RATE; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANTHELMINTICS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOIL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VERMES;

EID: 79958762701     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.04.003     Document Type: Editorial

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