Comparisons of schistosome and geohelminth infection prevalences in school-aged children from selected areas of Africa: Implications for rapid assessment and combined control

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-126

  Brooker, S ^a   Booth, M ^b   Guyatt, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Africa; Disease control; Geohelminths; Multiple species infections; Prevalence; Rapid assessment; Schistosomes; School aged children

Indexed keywords

BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING;

SCHISTOSOMA;

EID: 0032903351     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90281-X     Document Type: Article

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