Toward measuring Schistosoma response to praziquantel treatment with appropriate descriptors of egg excretion

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Olliaro, Piero L ^a,b   Vaillant, Michel ^c   Diawara, Aïssatou ^d   Coulibaly, Jean T ^e,f,g,h   Garba, Amadou ^g,h,i   Keiser, Jennifer ^g,h   King, Charles H ^j,k   Knopp, Stefanie ^g,h,l   Landouré, Aly ^m   N’Goran, Eliézer K ^e,f   Raso, Giovanna ^g,h   Scherrer, Alexandra U ⁿ   Sousa Figueiredo, José Carlos ^o   Stete, Katarina ^g,h,p   Zhou, Xiao Nong ^q,r   Utzinger, Jürg ^g,h  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Luxembourg)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

^e UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^f CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^g SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

ⁱ Reseau International Schistosomoses   (Niger)

^j CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^l DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^m Institut National de Recherche en Sante Publique Mali   (Mali)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

^p UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^q CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^r BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; EGG EXCRETION; EXCRETION; FECES ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; FECES; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVUM; PARASITOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SCHISTOSOMA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FECES; LINEAR MODELS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OVUM; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 84934774686     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003821     Document Type: Article

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