Extending Helminth Control beyond STH and Schistosomiasis: The Case of Human Hymenolepiasis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Soares Magalhães, Ricardo J ^a   Fançony, Cláudia ^b   Gamboa, Dina ^b   Langa, António J ^b   Sousa Figueiredo, José Carlos ^c,d   Clements, Archie C A ^a   Vaz Nery, Susana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Hospital Provincial Do Bengo   (Angola)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; NICLOSAMIDE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIASIS; HYMENOLEPIS; INFECTION RISK; MALNUTRITION; MIXED INFECTION; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ANGOLA; ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HUMANS; HYMENOLEPIASIS; HYMENOLEPIS; PREVALENCE; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 84887311999     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002321     Document Type: Article

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