Impact of helminth diagnostic test performance on estimation of risk factors and outcomes in HIV-positive adults

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Arndt, Michael B ^a   John Stewart, Grace ^a,b   Richardson, Barbra A ^a   Singa, Benson ^c   Van Lieshout, Lisette ^d   Verweij, Jaco J ^d   Sangaré, Laura R ^a   Mbogo, Loice W ^c   Naulikha, Jacqueline M ^c   Walson, Judd L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; HEMOGLOBIN; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADULT; ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EOSINOPHILIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NECATOR AMERICANUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DNA, HELMINTH; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84891894752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081915     Document Type: Article

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