Monitoring the efficacy of drugs for neglected tropical diseases controlled by preventive chemotherapy

Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 229-236

  Albonico, M ^a   Levecke, B ^b   Loverde, P T ^c   Montresor, A ^d   Prichard, R ^e   Vercruysse, J ^b   Webster, J P ^f,g  

^a 10122 Torino Italy   (Italy)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^g ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic drugs; Drug efficacy; Drug resistance; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; IVERMECTIN; MEBENDAZOLE; MOXIDECTIN; OXAMNIQUINE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL DATA REPOSITORY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MONITORING; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MICROBIAL GENETICS; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEGLECTED DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA; STANDARD; STANDARDIZATION; TROPICAL DISEASE;

EID: 84951269773     PISSN: 22137165     EISSN: 22137173     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2015.08.004     Document Type: Review

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