High level of Schistosoma mansoni infection in pre-school children in Sierra Leone highlights the need in targeting this age group for praziquantel treatment

Acta Tropica

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 120-125

  Hodges, Mary H ^a   Paye, Jusufu ^a   Koroma, Manso M ^b   Nyorkor, Emanuel D ^c   Fofonah, Ibrahim ^a   Zhang, Yaobi ^a  

^a HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b Northern Polytechnic   (Sierra Leone)

^c NJALA UNIVERSITY   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

Mass drug administration; Neglected tropical diseases; Pre school children; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis; Sierra Leone; Soil transmitted helminth

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG PRESCRIBING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PARASITE;

ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; CONTROL STRATEGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SIERRA LEONE; SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTH INFECTION; TRICHURIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SIERRA LEONE; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

SIERRA LEONE;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 84865769320     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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