A Public Health Response against Strongyloides stercoralis: Time to Look at Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis in Full

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Krolewiecki, Alejandro J ^a,b   Lammie, Patrick ^c   Jacobson, Julie ^d   Gabrielli, Albis Francesco ^e   Levecke, Bruno ^f   Socias, Eugenia ^g   Arias, Luis M ^h   Sosa, Nicanor ^h   Abraham, David ⁱ   Cimino, Ruben ^a   Echazú, Adriana ^a   Crudo, Favio ^j   Vercruysse, Jozef ^f   Albonico, Marco ^k,l  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Patología Experimental CONICET UNSa   (Argentina)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g Fundación Mundo Sano ^*  (Argentina)

^h Ministerio de Salud Pública de la Provincia de Salta ^*  (Argentina)

ⁱ THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Municipalidad de Zárate ^*  (Argentina)

^k SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^l Ivo de Carneri Foundation   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; BENZIMIDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; LEVAMISOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; OXANTEL; PYRANTEL;

ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MORBIDITY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

EID: 84878478976     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002165     Document Type: Article

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