The combined effect of the Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Programme and the Schistosomiasis and Soil-transmitted Helminthiasis Control Programme on soil-transmitted helminthiasis in schoolchildren in Tanzania

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-30

  Massa, Khalid ^a   Magnussen, Pascal ^b   Sheshe, Amir ^a   Ntakamulenga, Robert ^c   Ndawi, Benedict ^d   Olsen, Annette ^b  

^a School of Environmental Health   (Tanzania)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c National Environment Management Council NEMC   (Tanzania)

^d Primary Health Care Institute   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Intensity; Prevalence; Schoolchildren; Soil transmitted helminthiasis; Tanzania; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOIL; TANZANIA; TRICHURIS;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; IVERMECTIN; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOIL; TANZANIA;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

EID: 57049117063     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.07.011     Document Type: Article

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