Impact of repeated mass treatment on human Oesophagostomum and hookworm infections in northern Ghana

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1764-1772

  Ziem, Juventus B ^a,b   Magnussen, Pascal ^c   Olsen, Annette ^c   Horton, John ^d   Asigri, Von L L ^e   Polderman, Anton M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Ghana)

^c DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Control; Ghana; Hookworm; Mass treatment; Oesophagostomum bifurcum

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG; FILARIASIS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITIC DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; GHANA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEMATODIASIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRONGYLOIDEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GHANA; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OESOPHAGOSTOMIASIS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TOGO; WEST AFRICA;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM BIFURCUM;

EID: 33750290855     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01729.x     Document Type: Article

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