Spatial co-distribution of neglected tropical diseases in the East African Great Lakes region: Revisiting the justification for integrated control

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 198-207

  Clements, Archie C A ^a,b   Deville, Marie Alice ^c   Ndayishimiye, Onésime ^d   Brooker, Simon ^e,f   Fenwick, Alan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Projet Maladies Tropicales Négligées ^*  (Burundi)

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

^f KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Ascaris lumbricoides; Hookworm; Integrated control programmes; Neglected tropical diseases; Schistosoma mansoni; Trichuris trichiura

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FLATWORM; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PARASITOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCHOOL CHILD; TRICHURIASIS; TROPICAL DISEASE;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TRICHURIASIS;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 74349098096     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02440.x     Document Type: Article

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