Sentinel surveillance of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in preschool-aged and school-aged children in selected local government units in the Philippines: Follow-up assessment

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages NP1604-NP1615

  Belizario, Vicente Y ^a   Totañes, Francis Isidore G ^a   De Leon, Winifreda U ^a   Ciro, Raezelle Nadine T ^a   Lumampao, Yvonne F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^b Department of Health ^*  (Philippines)

Author keywords

integrated helminth control; mass drug administration; neglected tropical diseases; Philippines; preventive chemotherapy; soil transmitted helminths

Indexed keywords

SOIL;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHILIPPINES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOIL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MALE; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84926287304     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: 19412479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539513483825     Document Type: Article

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