Impact of mass chemotherapy on the morbidity due to soil-transmitted nematodes

Acta Tropica

Volumn 86, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 197-214

  De Silva, N R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Ancylostoma duodenale; Anthelminthics; Ascaris lumbricoides; Morbidity; Necator americanus; Trichuris trichiura

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; IRON; LEVAMISOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL; PYRANTEL; RETINOL;

DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG PRESCRIBING; MORBIDITY; PARASITIC DISEASE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ASCARIASIS; CHEMOTHERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSENTERY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; LIPID ABSORPTION; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; TRICHURIASIS;

ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NEMATODA; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

EID: 0037726601     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(03)00035-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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