Comparison of the Kato-Katz thick smear and McMaster egg counting techniques for monitoring drug efficacy against soil-transmitted helminths in schoolchildren on Pemba Island, Tanzania

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 199-201

  Albonico, M ^a,b   Ame, S M ^a   Vercruysse, J ^c   Levecke, B ^c  

^a Public Health Laboratory   (Tanzania)

^b Ivo de Carneri Foundation   (Italy)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Drug efficacy; Faecal egg count; Kato Katz thick smear technique; McMaster egg counting technique; Soil transmitted helminths

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FECES ANALYSIS; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; KATO KATZ THICK SMEAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MCMASTER EGG COUNTING; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SMEAR; SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTH; TANZANIA; TRICHURIS;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL; TANZANIA;

VERMES;

EID: 84857040503     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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