The effect of iron and multi-micronutrient supplementation on Ascaris lumbricoides reinfection among Zambian schoolchildren

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-236

  Nchito, Mbiko ^a   Geissler, P Wenzel ^b,c   Mubila, Likezo ^a   Friis, Henrik ^c   Olsen, Annette ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ascaris lumbricoides; Dietary supplements; Iron; Micronutrients; Schoolchildren; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; IODINE; IRON DEXTRAN; MULTIMICRONUTRIENT; NICOTINIC ACID; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; SELENIUM; THIAMINE; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ZAMBIA;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES;

EID: 61349154199     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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