New initiatives against Africa's worms

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 200-207

  Fenwick, Alan ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilharziasis; Filariasis; Intestinal worms; Praziquantel; Schistosomiasis; Trachoma

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IVERMECTIN; MEBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG INDUSTRY; FILARIASIS; FUNDING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRACHOMA; WORM INFECTION;

AFRICA; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

MELINDA;

EID: 30744477451     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.03.014     Document Type: Article

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