Diagnosis, Treatment and Risk Factors of Strongyloides stercoralis in Schoolchildren in Cambodia

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Khieu, Virak ^a,b,c   Schär, Fabian ^b,c   Marti, Hanspeter ^b,c   Sayasone, Somphou ^b   Duong, Socheat ^a   Muth, Sinuon ^a   Odermatt, Peter ^b,c  

^a Ministry of Health Cambodia   (Cambodia)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; MEBENDAZOLE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BAERMANN TECHNIQUE; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; KATO KATZ TECHNIQUE; KOGA AGAR PLATE CULTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

EID: 84874786553     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002035     Document Type: Article

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