High prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths in western Kenya: Failure to implement deworming guidelines in rural Nyanza Province

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-62

  Riesel, Johanna N ^a,b   Ochieng', Frederick O ^a,b   Wright, Peter ^a   Vermund, Sten H ^a   Davidson, Mario ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Lwala Clinic   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL; ANTINEMATODAL AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX RATIO; SMEAR; SOIL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WORM EXPULSION; WORM INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; CHILD; FECES; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MEBENDAZOLE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOIL; STUDENTS;

EID: 77950343622     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmp043     Document Type: Article

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