Is mass treatment the appropriate schistosomiasis elimination strategy?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 765-771

  Tallo, Veronica L ^a   Carabin, Hélène ^b   Alday, Portia P ^a   Balolong Jr , Ernesto ^a   Olveda, Remigio M ^a   McGarvey, Stephen T ^c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Philippines)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADVOCACY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CHEMOTHERAPY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEVELOPING WORLD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MEDICINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHILIPPINES; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHILIPPINES; PRAZIQUANTEL; RURAL HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ASIA; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SAMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VISAYAS;

EID: 54249120776     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.07.047563     Document Type: Article

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