Some aspects in the control of schistosomosis and soil-transmitted helminthosis in Yemeni children

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 428-432

  Raja'a, Yahia A ^a   Sulaiman, Suad M ^b   Mubarak, Jamil S ^a   El Bakri, Mansour M ^a   Al Adimi, Walid H ^a   El Nabihi, Mohammed T ^c   El Dhobri, Mohammed A ^d   Raja'a, Jamal A ^a  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b Tropical Medicine Research Institute   (Sudan)

^c Armed Forces ^*  (Yemen)

^d Bilharzia Control Project   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Albenedazole; Control; Praziquantel; Schistosomosis; School children; Soil transmitted helminthosis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; PRAZIQUANTEL; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEX RATIO; SOIL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; YEMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOIL; TOILET FACILITIES; URBAN HEALTH; WATER; YEMEN;

EID: 0035347447     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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