Economic Considerations for Moving beyond the Kato-Katz Technique for Diagnosing Intestinal Parasites As We Move Towards Elimination

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 435-443

  Turner, Hugo C ^a,b,c,d   Bettis, Alison A ^a,b   Dunn, Julia C ^a,b   Whitton, Jane M ^b   Hollingsworth, T Déirdre ^e,f   Fleming, Fiona M ^b   Anderson, Roy M ^a,b  

^a London Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG RESISTANCE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; INTESTINE PARASITE; KATO KATZ TECHNIQUE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLICY; REVIEW; ANIMAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ERADICATION; ECONOMICS; HELMINTHIASIS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC;

ANIMALS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; DISEASE ERADICATION; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC;

EID: 85011573420     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2017.01.007     Document Type: Review

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