Hookworm infection and disease: Advances for control

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 567-579

  Albonico, Marco ^a   Savioli, Lorenzo ^b  

^a Fondazione Ivo de Carneri ^*  (Italy)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chemotheraphy; Control; Epidemiology; Hookworm; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; IVERMECTIN; LEVAMISOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; PYRANTEL;

ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE; ASCARIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MALNUTRITION; NECATOR AMERICANUS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SANITATION; STRONGYLOIDES; TRICHURIS;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANEMIA, HYPOCHROMIC; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; IRON; MALE; NECATOR; NUTRITION DISORDERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SANITATION; SHOES;

EID: 0031398597     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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