Impact of Anthelminthic Treatment in Pregnancy and Childhood on Immunisations, Infections and Eczema in Childhood: A Randomised Controlled Trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Ndibazza, Juliet ^a   Mpairwe, Harriet ^a   Webb, Emily L ^e   Mawa, Patrice A ^a   Nampijja, Margaret ^a,c   Muhangi, Lawrence ^a   Kihembo, Macklyn ^a   Lule, Swaib A ^a   Rutebarika, Diana ^a   Apule, Barbara ^b   Akello, Florence ^b   Akurut, Hellen ^a   Oduru, Gloria ^b   Naniima, Peter ^a   Kizito, Dennison ^a   Kizza, Moses ^a   Kizindo, Robert ^a   Tweyongere, Robert ^d   Alcock, Katherine J ^c   Muwanga, Moses ^b   Elliott, Alison M ^a,e   more..

^a UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^b Entebbe Hospital   (Uganda)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; BCG VACCINE; PLACEBO; PRAZIQUANTEL; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG USE; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIASIS; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MANSONELLIASIS; NEWBORN TETANUS; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHURIASIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA; VACCINATION;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; VERMES;

EID: 84870866033     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050325     Document Type: Article

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