The expansion of soil-transmitted helminth control strategies – Authors' reply

The expansion of soil-transmitted helminth control strategies – Authors' reply

We thank Gang Qin and Xun Zhuang for their letter regarding our systematic review and meta-analysis published in The Lancet.1 Qin and Zhuang raise concerns about the heterogeneity of the included studies, reflecting low study quality. However, the heterogeneity in our meta-analysis in terms of preva...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Lancet (British edition) 2017-06, Vol.389 (10085), p.2191-2191
Hauptverfasser: Clarke, Naomi E, Doi, Suhail A, Clements, Archie C, Gray, Darren, Campbell, Suzy, Wang, Dongxu, Nery, Susana V
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Sprache:eng
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Albendazole
Benzimidazoles
Bone marrow
Children
Computer worms
Disease control
Drug dosages
Drug resistance
Drug therapy
Environmental conditions
Feasibility studies
Gastrointestinal symptoms
Helminthiasis
Heterogeneity
Hydatid disease
Hygiene
Integrated control
Internal Medicine
Mathematical models
Mebendazole
Parasites
Priorities
Resilience
Sanitation
Soils
Systematic review
Toxicity
Worms
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Zusammenfassung:We thank Gang Qin and Xun Zhuang for their letter regarding our systematic review and meta-analysis published in The Lancet.1 Qin and Zhuang raise concerns about the heterogeneity of the included studies, reflecting low study quality. However, the heterogeneity in our meta-analysis in terms of prevalence reduction cannot be solely attributed to low study quality.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31343-0