Short communication: Soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Uganda: Epidemiology and cost of control

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1187-1189

  Kabatereine, Narcis B ^a   Tukahebwa, Edridah M ^a   Kazibwe, Francis ^a   Twa Twa, Jeremiah M ^a   Barenzi, John F Z ^a   Zaramba, Sam ^a   Stothard, J Russel ^b   Fenwick, Alan ^c   Brooker, Simon ^d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ascaris lumbricoides; Control; Epidemiology; Hookworm; Intervention costs; Soil transmitted helminths; Trichuris trichiura; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

COST; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONEY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOIL; TRICHURIS; UGANDA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOOKWORM INFECTION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; TRICHURIASIS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SOIL; TRICHURIASIS; UGANDA;

EID: 27844521292     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01509.x     Document Type: Article

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