Helminth Elimination in the Pursuit of Sustainable Development Goals: A “Worm Index” for Human Development

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Hotez, Peter J ^a,b,c,d   Herricks, Jennifer R ^a,c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COGNITION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDITORIAL; FOOD SECURITY; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRACHOMA; WORM INDEX;

EID: 84929497434     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003618     Document Type: Editorial

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