Population dynamics and chemotherapeutic control of trichuris trichiura infection of children in jamaica and st. lucia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1985, Pages 759-764

  Bundy, D A P ^a   Thompson, D E ^a   Cooper, E S ^a   Golden, M H N ^a   Anderson, R M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEBENDAZOLE;

CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DRUG THERAPY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; NEMATODE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THERAPY;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JAMAICA; MALE; MEBENDAZOLE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECURRENCE; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; WEST INDIES;

EID: 0022344141     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(85)90110-5     Document Type: Article

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