Mathematical Inference on Helminth Egg Counts in Stool and Its Applications in Mass Drug Administration Programmes to Control Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis in Public Health

Advances in Parasitology

Volumn 87, Issue , 2015, Pages 193-247

  Levecke, Bruno ^a   Anderson, Roy M ^b   Berkvens, Dirk ^c   Charlier, Johannes ^a   Devleesschauwer, Brecht ^a,d   Speybroeck, Niko ^d   Vercruysse, Jozef ^a   Van Aelst, Stefan ^a,e  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anthelminthic resistance; Faecal egg counts; Hierarchical model; Mass drug administration; Monitoring system; Sample size; Soil transmitted helminths; Survey design; True prevalence

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CALCULATION; FECES ANALYSIS; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELMINTHIASIS; INFECTION CONTROL; LOT QUALITY ASSURANCE SAMPLING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SAMPLE SIZE; SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTHIASIS; ANIMAL; FECES; HELMINTH; HUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

VERMES;

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; SOIL;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; FECES; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SOIL;

EID: 84924498804     PISSN: 0065308X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.apar.2015.01.001     Document Type: Article

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