The control of hookworm disease in Commonwealth Caribbean countries

Acta Tropica

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 24-30

  Tikasingh, Elisha S ^a   Chadee, Dave D ^b   Rawlins, Samuel C ^a  

^a Caribbean Epidemiology Centre   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Ancylostoma; Antigua; Bahamas; Belize; Cayman Is.; Control; Dominica; Grenada; Guyana; Hookworm disease; Jamaica; Montserrat; Necator; Nevis; Rockefeller Foundation; St. Kitts; St. Lucia; St. Vincent; Surveys; Tobago; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

2 NAPHTHOL; CHENOPODIUM OIL; EUCALYPTUS OIL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROCARBON; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; NEMATODE; PARASITE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA; BAHAMAS; BELIZE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CAYMAN ISLANDS; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DOMINICA; DRUG MEGADOSE; FECES ANALYSIS; GOOSEFOOT; GRENADA; GUYANA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MONTSERRAT; NEMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS; SAINT LUCIA; SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES; SANITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; CARIBBEAN REGION; FOUNDATIONS; GUYANA; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

BAHAMAS; BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; CAYMAN ISLANDS; DOMINICA; GRENADA [WINDWARD ISLANDS]; GUYANA; JAMAICA; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; MONTSERRAT; SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS; SAINT LUCIA; SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; NECATOR;

EID: 80052093548     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.07.005     Document Type: Review

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