Schistosomiasis and neglected tropical diseases: Towards integrated and sustainable control and a word of caution

Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1859-1874

  Utzinger, J ^a   Raso, G ^b,c,d   Brooker, S ^e,f   De Savigny, D ^a   Tanner, M ^a   Ornbjerg N ^g   Singer, B H ^h   N'Goran, E K ^d,i  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

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

^f KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^h PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Africa; burden; chemotherapy; control; epidemiology; health systems; integration; morbidity; neglected tropical diseases; praziquantel; Schistosomiasis; soil transmitted helminthiasis; sustainability

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTISCHISTOSOMAL AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ASCARIASIS; AWARENESS; BURULI ULCER; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HELMINTHIASIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIASIS; LEPROSY; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MASS SCREENING; MIXED INFECTION; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRACHOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHURIASIS; TROPICAL DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANTHELMINTICS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMICIDES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 70449346380     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009991600     Document Type: Review

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