Comparison of the Kato-Katz thick smear and McMaster egg counting techniques for monitoring drug efficacy against soil-transmitted helminths in schoolchildren on Pemba Island, Tanzania
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, ISSN: 0035-9203, Vol: 106, Issue: 3, Page: 199-201
2012
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Article Description
The Kato-Katz thick smear technique is widely used to assess prevalence and intensity in soil-transmitted helminth (STH) control programmes, but its usefulness in monitoring anthelminthic drug efficacy needs to be validated and compared with other methods. A promising alternative is the McMaster egg counting technique. In the present study, the efficacy of single-dose albendazole against STH infections in 430 schoolchildren on Pemba Island was assessed using both the Kato-Katz and McMaster techniques. The study revealed comparable drug efficacy results for both methods and confirmed the potency of the McMaster technique as an alternative method for monitoring large-scale deworming programmes.
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0035920311002434; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.11.006; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84857040503&origin=inward; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22261186; https://academic.oup.com/trstmh/article-lookup/doi/10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.11.006; https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.11.006; https://academic.oup.com/trstmh/article-abstract/106/3/199/1893809?redirectedFrom=fulltext
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