The effectiveness of 4 monthly albendazole treatment in the reduction of soil-transmitted helminth infections in women of reproductive age in Viet Nam

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1037-1043

  Mihrshahi, Seema ^a   Casey, Gerard J ^a   Montresor, Antonio ^b   Phuc, Tran Q ^c   Thach, Dang Thi Cam ^c   Tien, Nong T ^c   Biggs, Beverley Ann ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c National Institute of Malariology Parasitology and Entomology Hanoi   (Viet Nam)

^d ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Ascaris lumbricoides; Helminths; Hookworm; Trichuris trichiura

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; INFECTIVITY; NEMATODE; RISK FACTOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOIL MICROFLORA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; VIET NAM; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORM EXPULSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; FECES; FEMALE; FERTILIZERS; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RURAL HEALTH; SOIL; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM; YEN BAI;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 67349240854     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.01.013     Document Type: Article

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