Tools to support policy decisions related to treatment strategies and surveillance of schistosomiasis japonica towards elimination

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Zhou, Xiao Nong ^a   Xu, Jing ^a   Chen, Hong Gen ^b   Wang, Tian Ping ^c   Huang, Xi Bao ^d   Lin, Dan Dan ^b   Wang, Qi Zhi ^c   Tang, Li ^d   Guo, Jia Gang ^a   Wu, Xiao Hua ^a   Feng, Ting ^a   Chen, Jia Xu ^a   Guo, Jian ^a   Chen, Shao Hong ^a   Li, Hao ^a   Wu, Zhong Dao ^e   Peeling, Rosanna W ^f  

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

^b Jiangxi Provincial Institute of Parasitic Diseases   (China)

^c Anhui Provincial Institute of Parasitic Diseases   (China)

^d Hubei Provincial Institute of Parasitic Diseases   (China)

^e SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOT IMMUNOGOLD FILTRATION ASSAY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES; DRUG MONITORING; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855272286     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001408     Document Type: Article

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