Distribution of Schistosomiasis and Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis in Zimbabwe: Towards a National Plan of Action for Control and Elimination

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Midzi, Nicholas ^a   Mduluza, Takafira ^a,b   Chimbari, Moses J ^b   Tshuma, Clement ^c   Charimari, Lincoln ^d   Mhlanga, Gibson ^c   Manangazira, Portia ^c   Munyati, Shungu M ^e   Phiri, Isaac ^c   Mutambu, Susan L ^f   Midzi, Stanley S ^d   Ncube, Anastancia ^g   Muranzi, Lawrence P ^g   Rusakaniko, Simbarashe ^a   Mutapi, Francisca ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE   (Zimbabwe)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Zimbabwe)

^g Ministry of Education Sport Arts and Culture   (Zimbabwe)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL; SOIL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ELIMINATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RURAL AREA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTHIASIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; URBAN AREA; URINALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZIMBABWE; COINFECTION; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SOIL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COINFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOIL; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84907912418     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003014     Document Type: Article

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