Identifying thresholds for classifying moderate-to-heavy soil-transmitted helminth intensity infections for FECPAKG2, McMaster, Mini-FLOTAC and qPCR.

• Main Authors: Bruno Levecke (Author), Piet Cools (Author), Marco Albonico (Author), Shaali Ame (Author), Cécile Angebault (Author), Mio Ayana (Author), Jerzy M Behnke (Author), Jeffrey M Bethony (Author), Giuseppe Cringoli (Author), Daniel Dana (Author), Bertrand Guillard (Author), Nguyen Thi Viet Hoa (Author), Gagandeep Kang (Author), Deepthi Kattula (Author), Jennifer Keiser (Author), Andrew C Kotze (Author), Leonardo F Matoso (Author), Maria P Maurelli (Author), James S McCarthy (Author), Zeleke Mekonnen (Author), Greg Mirams (Author), Antonio Montresor (Author), Rodrigo Corrêa Oliveira (Author), Maria V Periago (Author), Simone A Pinto (Author), Laura Rinaldi (Author), Somphou Sayasone (Author), Laurentine Sumo (Author), Louis-Albert (Author), Dang Thi Cam Thach (Author), Eurion Thomas (Author), Ahmed Zeynudin (Author), Jaco J Verweij (Author), Johnny Vlaminck (Author), Jozef Vercruysse (Author)
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• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined moderate-to-heavy intensity (M&HI) infections with soil-transmitted helminths (Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and the two hookworms, Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus) based on specific values of eggs per gram of stool, as mea...