Control of tungiasis through intermittent application of a plant-based repellent: An intervention study in a resource-poor community in Brazil

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Buckendahl, John ^a   Heukelbach, Jörg ^b   Ariza, Liana ^b   Kehr, Judith Dorothea ^a   Seidenschwang, Martin ^a   Feldmeier, Hermann ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; VEGETABLE OIL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLEA INFESTATION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARASITE EXAMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TUNGIASIS; ALOE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COCONUT; DRUG EFFECT; ECONOMICS; ECTOPARASITOSIS; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TUNGA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALOE; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCOS; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECT REPELLENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT OILS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; POVERTY; TUNGA; TUNGIASIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649785753     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000879     Document Type: Article

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