The effect of egg embryonation on field-use of a hookworm benzimidazole-sensitivity egg hatch assay in Yunnan province, people's republic of China

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Kotze, Andrew C ^a   Steinmann, Peter ^b,c,d   Zhou, Hui ^b   Du, Zun Wei ^e   Zhou, Xiao Nong ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Diseases   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TIABENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHILD; CHINA; DRUG CONCENTRATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EGG EMBRYONATION; EGG HATCH ASSAY; EGG PARASITOID; FECES ANALYSIS; FIELD STUDY; HATCHING; HUMAN; IC 50; IC 95; IC 99; IN VITRO STUDY; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOIL MICROFLORA; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CHINA; FECES; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; NECATOR AMERICANUS; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; THIABENDAZOLE;

EID: 79959846352     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001203     Document Type: Article

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