Efficacy of recommended drugs against soil transmitted helminths: Systematic review and network meta-analysis

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 358, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Moser, Wendelin ^a,b   Schindler, Christian ^a,b   Keiser, Jennifer ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; LEVAMISOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; PYRANTEL EMBONATE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; SOIL;

ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; DATA BASE; DRUG EFFICACY; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NECATOR AMERICANUS; OVUM; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOIL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; MALE; NETWORK META-ANALYSIS; PARASITOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; MALE; NETWORK META-ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SOIL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85030030601     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j4307     Document Type: Article

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