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Diagnosis of Soil-Transmitted Helminths in the Era of Preventive Chemotherapy: Effect of Multiple Stool Sampling and Use of Different Diagnostic Techniques
PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2008 · Vol. 2(11) · pp. e331–e331
Stefanie Knopp(Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute)Ali F. Mgeni(Ministry of Health and Social Welfare)I. Simba Khamis(Ministry of Health and Social Welfare)Peter Steinmann(National Institute for Parasitic Diseases)J. Russell Stothard(Natural History Museum)David Rollinson(Natural History Museum)Hanspeter Marti(Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute)Jürg Utzinger✉(Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute)
Abstract
Rigorous epidemiologic surveillance of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in the era of preventive chemotherapy is facilitated by multiple stool sampling bolstered by different diagnostic techniques.
Parasites and Host InteractionsParasite Biology and Host InteractionsHelminth infection and controlTrichuris trichiuraAscaris lumbricoidesStrongyloides stercoralisVeterinary medicineHelminthsHelminthiasisHookworm infectionEnterobiusMedicineTrichuriasis
MeSH terms
AnimalsAnthelminticsAscariasisChildDiagnosis, DifferentialFecesHelminthiasisHelminthsHumansPatient CompliancePovertySensitivity and SpecificitySoilTanzaniaTrichuriasis
Funding
- National Science Foundation
- World Health Organization
- European Commission
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
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