Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth infections: Forging control efforts

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 577-579

  Savioli, Lorenzo ^a   Stansfield, Sally ^b   Bundy, Donald A P ^c   Mitchell, Arlene ^d   Bhatia, Rita ^d   Engels, Dirk ^a   Montresor, Antonio ^a   Neira, Maria ^a   Shein, Ali Mohammed ^e  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

^d World Food Programme   (Italy)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Control; Schistosomiasis; Soil transmitted helminths

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTISCHISTOSOMAL AGENT; LEVAMISOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL; PYRANTEL;

ABSENTEEISM; AFRICA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEARNING DISORDER; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PLAY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOIL POLLUTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; VERMES;

EID: 0344947564     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90316-0     Document Type: Article

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