Controlling soil-transmitted helminthiasis in pre-school-age children through preventive chemotherapy

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Albonico, Marco ^a   Allen, Henrietta ^b   Chitsulo, Lester ^b   Engels, Dirk ^b   Gabrielli, Albis Francesco ^b   Savioli, Lorenzo ^b  

^a Ivo de Cameri Foundation   (Italy)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; BCG VACCINE; BETA CAROTENE; CHOLERA VACCINE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IRON; IVERMECTIN; LEVAMISOLE; MALARIA VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; MEBENDAZOLE; ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; OXANTEL; PLACEBO; PYRANTEL; RETINOL; TETRAMISOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE; ANEMIA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CHOLERA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EDEMA; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; IRON DEFICIENCY; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NAUSEA; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NEMATODE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RASH; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; SCALE UP; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SIDE EFFECT; SOIL ORGANISM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHURIS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URTICARIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOMITING; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT GAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WORM EXPULSION; ANCYLOSTOMA; ANIMAL; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SOIL;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NECATOR AMERICANUS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SOIL; TRICHURIS;

EID: 48949118019     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000126     Document Type: Review

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