Comparison of Individual and Pooled Stool Samples for the Assessment of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infection Intensity and Drug Efficacy

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Mekonnen, Zeleke ^a,b   Meka, Selima ^a   Ayana, Mio ^a   Bogers, Johannes ^c   Vercruysse, Jozef ^b   Levecke, Bruno ^b  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; MEBENDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MONITORING; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84878520240     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002189     Document Type: Article

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