Models for measuring anthelmintic drug efficacy for parasitologists

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 528-537

  Walker, Martin ^a   Churcher, Thomas S ^a   Basáñez, María Gloria ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Hookworm; Longitudinal data; Marginal models; Mass drug administration; Mixed models

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTHELMINTIC DRUG EFFICACY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG EFFICACY; GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATION; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARAMETERS; PARASITOLOGY; PROBABILITY; REDUCTION; RESPONSE VARIABLE; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNCERTAINTY; ANIMAL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84908202393     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2014.08.004     Document Type: Review

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