Does vitamin A supplementation protect schoolchildren from acquiring soil-transmitted helminthiasis? A randomized controlled trial

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Al Mekhlafi, Hesham M ^a,b   Anuar, Tengku Shahrul ^c   Al Zabedi, Ebtesam M ^b   Al Maktari, Mohamed T ^b   Mahdy, Mohammed Ak ^b   Ahmed, Abdulhamid ^d   Sallam, Atiya A ^e   Abdullah, Wan Ariffin ^a   Moktar, Norhayati ^f   Surin, Johari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^c UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^d UMARU MUSA YAR'ADUA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^e SEGI UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^f DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Malaysia; Randomized clinical trial; Soil transmitted helminths; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; PLACEBO; RETINOL; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; SOIL;

ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHEWABLE TABLET; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTLY OBSERVED THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOIL; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; MALAYSIA; PARASITOLOGY;

VERMES;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; SOIL; VITAMIN A;

EID: 84908301112     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-367     Document Type: Article

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