Geographical distribution of intestinal schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis and preventive chemotherapy strategies in Sierra Leone

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Koroma, Joseph B ^a,b   Peterson, Jen ^c   Gbakima, Aiah A ^d   Nylander, Francis E ^b   Sahr, Foday ^d   Magalhães, Ricardo J Soares ^e   Zhang, Yaobi ^f   Hodges, Mary H ^c  

^a Ministry for Health and Sanitation   (Sierra Leone)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE   (Sierra Leone)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f Helen Keller International   (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; MEBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELMINTHIASIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RANDOM SAMPLE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCHOOL CHILD; SIERRA LEONE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTHIASIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TRICHURIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; HELMINTH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SOIL;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; MALE; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SIERRA LEONE; SOIL;

EID: 78649772994     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000891     Document Type: Article

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