diagnostic accuracy of kato-katz and flotac for assessing anthelmintic drug efficacy诊断的准确性kato-katz和flotac驱虫剂评估药物疗效.pdfVIP

Diagnostic Accuracy of Kato-Katz and FLOTAC for Assessing Anthelmintic Drug Efficacy 1,2 1,2 1,2 3 4 Stefanie Knopp , Benjamin Speich , Jan Hattendorf , Laura Rinaldi , Khalfan A. Mohammed , I. 4 4 5,6 7 2,8 Simba Khamis , Alisa S. Mohammed , Marco Albonico , David Rollinson , Hanspeter Marti , Giuseppe 3 ¨ 1,2 Cringoli , Jurg Utzinger * 1 Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland, 2 University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 3 Department of Pathology and Animal Health, Regional Center for Monitoring Parasites (CREMOPAR), Regione Campania, University of Naples ‘‘Federico II’’, Naples, Italy, 4 Helminth Control Laboratory Unguja, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania, 5 Ivo de Carneri Foundation, Milano, Italy, 6 Public Health Laboratory Ivo de Carneri, Chake-Chake, Pemba, United Republic of Tanzania, 7 Wolfson Wellcome Biomedical Laboratories, Biomedical Parasitology Division, Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom, 8 Department of Medical Services and Diagnostic, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland Abstract Background: Sensitive diagnostic tools are required for an accurate assessment of prevalence and intensity of helminth infections in areas undergoing regular deworming, and for monitoring anthelmintic drug efficacy. We compared the diagnostic accura