Targeted anthelminthic treatment of school children: Effect of frequency of application on the intensity of Ascaris lumbricoides infection in children from rural Nigerian villages

Parasitology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-95

  Holland, C V ^a   Asaolu, S O ^b   Crompton, D W T ^c   Whitehead, R R ^d   Coombs, I ^c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ascaris lumbricoides; Intensity; Levamisole; School children; Targeted treatment

Indexed keywords

LEVAMISOLE;

ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES;

EID: 0029995974     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000066300     Document Type: Article

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