Strongyloides stercoralis larvae excretion patterns before and after treatment

Parasitology

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 892-897

  Schar F ^a,b   Hattendorf, J ^a,b   Khieu, V ^a,b,c   Muth, S ^c   Char, M C ^c   Marti, H P ^a,b   Odermatt, P ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Ministry of Health Cambodia   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

ivermectin; larvae excretion; sensitivity; Strongyloides stercoralis; treatment

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EXCRETION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LARVA; LARVAL EXCRETION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; INFECTION RATE; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; FECES; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; LARVA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899472111     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182013002345     Document Type: Article

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