Control of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Myanmar: Results of 7 years of deworming

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1017-1020

  Tun, Aung ^a   Myat, Su Mon ^a   Gabrielli, Albis Francesco ^b   Montresor, Antonio ^b  

^a School and Youth Health Programme   (Myanmar)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Intestinal helminthiasis; Myanmar

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SOILBORNE DISEASE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYANMAR; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTHIASIS; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

INTESTINAL HELMINTHIASIS; MYANMAR;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANEMIA; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MYANMAR; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; SOIL;

MYANMAR;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; VERMES;

EID: 84880297028     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12130     Document Type: Article

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