Effect of sampling and diagnostic effort on the assessment of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis and drug efficacy: A meta-analysis of six drug efficacy trials and one epidemiological survey

Parasitology

Volumn 755, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Levecke, Bruno ^a   Brooker, Simon J ^b   Knopp, Stefanie ^c,d,e   Steinmann, Peter ^d,e   Sousa Figueiredo, Jose Carlos ^b   Stothard, J Russell ^f   Utzinger, Jürg ^d,e   Vercruysse, Jozef ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cure rate; diagnostic effort; egg reduction rate; faecal egg counts; Kato Katz technique; prevalence; sampling effort; Schistosoma mansoni; soil transmitted helminths

Indexed keywords

DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FECES ANALYSIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SMEAR; EGG REDUCTION RATE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; KATO KATZ THICK SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTHIASIS; ANIMAL; ECONOMICS; FECES; HELMINTH; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHISTOSOMA; SOIL; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; VERMES;

ALBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; MEBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ANIMALS; FECES; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOIL; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84916217212     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182013002266     Document Type: Review

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