Do shoes reduce hookworm infection in school-aged children on pemba Island, Zanzibar? A pragmatic trial

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 297-304

  Bird, Chris ^a   Ame, Shaali ^b   Albonico, Marco ^c   Bickle, Quentin ^b  

^a HILLINGDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

^c Ivo de Carneri Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ancyclostoma duodenale; Footwear; Hookworm; Necator americanus; Pemba Island; Shoes

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; SOIL;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOE; TANZANIA; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; ANIMAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; GOVERNMENT; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARASITOLOGY; SCHOOL; SOIL; STUDENT;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FECES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; SHOES; SOIL; STUDENTS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84898834848     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/tru037     Document Type: Article

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