Comprehensive evaluation of stool-based diagnostic methods and benzimidazole resistance markers to assess drug efficacy and detect the emergence of anthelmintic resistance: A Starworms study protocol.

• Main Authors: Johnny Vlaminck (Author), Piet Cools (Author), Marco Albonico (Author), Shaali Ame (Author), Mio Ayana (Author), Jeffrey Bethony (Author), Giuseppe Cringoli (Author), Daniel Dana (Author), Jennifer Keiser (Author), Maria P Maurelli (Author), Antonio Montresor (Author), Zeleke Mekonnen (Author), Greg Mirams (Author), Rodrigo Corrêa-Oliveira (Author), Roger Prichard (Author), Nour Rashwan (Author), Laura Rinaldi (Author), Somphou Sayasone (Author), Eurion Thomas (Author), Jaco J Verweij (Author), Jozef Vercruysse (Author), Bruno Levecke (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:To work towards reaching the WHO goal of eliminating soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections as a public health problem, the total number of children receiving anthelmintic drugs has strongly increased over the past few years. However, as drug pressure levels rise, the development of a...