Strongyloides stercoralis: A Plea for Action

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Bisoffi, Zeno ^a,b   Buonfrate, Dora ^a,b   Montresor, Antonio ^c   Requena Méndez, Ana ^b,d   Muñoz, Jose ^b,d   Krolewiecki, Alejandro J ^e   Gotuzzo, Eduardo ^b,f   Mena, Maria Alejandra ^b,f   Chiodini, Peter L ^b,g   Anselmi, Mariella ^b,h   Moreira, Juan ^b,h   Albonico, Marco ^a,b,i  

^a SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^f INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

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

^h Centre for Community Epidemiology and Tropical Medicine (CECOMET)   (Ecuador)

ⁱ Ivo de Carneri Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN;

ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; FECES ANALYSIS; HELMINTH; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

EID: 84878479177     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002214     Document Type: Article

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