Diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminths in the era of preventive chemotherapy: effect of multiple stool sampling and use of different diagnostic techniques.

• Auteurs principaux: Stefanie Knopp (Auteur), Ali F Mgeni (Auteur), I Simba Khamis (Auteur), Peter Steinmann (Auteur), J Russell Stothard (Auteur), David Rollinson (Auteur), Hanspeter Marti (Auteur), Jürg Utzinger (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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BACKGROUND: Soil-transmitted helminth infections are common throughout the tropics and subtropics and they disproportionately affect the poorest of the poor. In view of a growing global commitment to control soil-transmitted helminthiasis, there is a need to elucidate the effect of repeated stool sa...