Intestinal Parasite Prevalence in an Area of Ethiopia after Implementing the SAFE Strategy, Enhanced Outreach Services, and Health Extension Program

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  King, Jonathan D ^a,b,c   Endeshaw, Tekola ^a   Escher, Elisabeth ^b,c   Alemtaye, Genetu ^d   Melaku, Sileabatt ^d   Gelaye, Woyneshet ^d   Worku, Abebe ^d   Adugna, Mitku ^a   Melak, Berhanu ^a   Teferi, Tesfaye ^a   Zerihun, Mulat ^a   Gesese, Demelash ^a   Tadesse, Zerihun ^a   Mosher, Aryc W ^a   Odermatt, Peter ^b,c   Utzinger, Jürg ^b,c   Marti, Hanspeter ^b,c   Ngondi, Jeremiah ^a,e   Hopkins, Donald R ^a   Emerson, Paul M ^a  

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Amhara National Regional State Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTESTINE PARASITE; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SAFETY; SANITATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHOOL CHILD; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TRACHOMA; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84878522409     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002223     Document Type: Article

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