Impact of antihelminthic treatment on infection by Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and hookworms in Covas, a rural community of Pernambuco, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 63-71

  Zani, Luciana Carvalho ^a   Favre, Tereza Cristina ^a   Pieri, Otávio Sarmento ^a   Barbosa, Constança Simões ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Geohelminthiasis; Mebendazole; Rural Area

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; MEBENDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BRAZIL; CHILD; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG SELECTIVITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHURIS;

EID: 2342562944     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652004000200002     Document Type: Article

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