Field survey for strongyloidiasis in eastern Uganda with observations on efficacy of preventive chemotherapy and co-occurrence of soil-transmitted helminthiasis/intestinal schistosomiasis

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 325-333

  Sousa Figueiredo, J C ^a,b   Day, M ^c   Betson, M ^a   Rowell, C ^d   Wamboko, A ^d   Arinaitwe, M ^d   Kazibwe, F ^d   Kabatereine, N B ^d   Stothard, J R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ALBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; BAERMANN CONCENTRATION; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIDAE; VERMES;

EID: 80255135564     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: 14752697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X10000623     Document Type: Review

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