The impact of iron supplementation on reinfection with intestinal helminths and Schistosoma mansoni in western Kenya

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 493-499

  Olsen, A ^a   Nawiri, J ^b   Friis, H ^c  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adults; Ascaris lumbricoides; Children; Controlled trial; Hookworm; Iron supplementation; Kenya; Reinfection; Schistosoma mansoni; Trichuris trichiura

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PLACEBO; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELEMENTAL DIET; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IRON THERAPY; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARASITE CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REINFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TRICHURIS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 0033786001     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90063-4     Document Type: Article

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