Effectiveness of a school-based deworming campaign in rural Kenya

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 461-463

  Peterson, Laura S ^a,b   Ondiek, Michael ^b   Oludhe, Denis O ^b   Naul, Brett A ^c   Vermund, Sten H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Lwala Community Health Center   (Kenya)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Deworming; Helminths; Intestinal helminths; Parasites; School based deworming

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SMEAR; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TRICHURIASIS; WORM EXPULSION;

ADOLESCENT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; KENYA; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 82955173074     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmq118     Document Type: Article

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