Prevention and control of neglected tropical diseases: Overview of randomized trials, systematic reviews and meta-analyses;La prevención y el control de enfermedades tropicales desatendidas: Una visión general de ensayos aleatorios, exámenes sistemáticos y metaanálisis

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 356-366

  Kappagoda, Shanthi ^a   Ioannidis, John P A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACEDAPSONE; ALBENDAZOLE; ARTEMETHER; ARTESUNATE; AZITHROMYCIN; BCG VACCINE; DAPSONE; DENGUE VACCINE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IVERMECTIN; LEISHMANIA VACCINE; LEPROSY VACCINE; LEVAMISOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; OXANTEL; PRAZIQUANTEL; PYRANTEL; RABIES VACCINE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DENGUE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEISHMANIASIS; LEPROSY; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; META ANALYSIS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; RABIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRACHOMA; TROPICAL DISEASE; VECTOR CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEGLECTED DISEASES; PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PROCEDURES; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

HEXAPODA; TREMATODA;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TROPICAL MEDICINE; VACCINES;

EID: 84899726280     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.13.129601     Document Type: Article

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