Tungiasis in rural Haiti: a community-based response

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 970-974

  Joseph, J Keith ^a   Bazile, Junior ^b   Mutter, Justin ^c   Shin, Sonya ^a   Ruddle, Andrew ^c   Ivers, Louise ^a   Lyon, Evan ^a   Farmer, Paul ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Zanmi Lasante ^*  (Haïti)

^c PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health worker; Haiti; Tunga penetrans; Tungiasis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAITI; HUMAN; INFANT; INFESTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL AREA; SHOE; SUPERINFECTION; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; TUNGIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; FLEAS; HAITI; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH; SIPHONAPTERA; SUPERINFECTION;

SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); TUNGA PENETRANS;

EID: 33746684408     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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