What impact will the achievement of the current World Health Organisation targets for anthelmintic treatment coverage in children have on the intensity of soil transmitted helminth infections?

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Truscott, J E ^a,b   Turner, H C ^a,b   Anderson, R M ^a,b  

^a London Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; MEBENDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PREVALENCE; REINFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TREND STUDY; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VALIDATION STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WORM EXPULSION; AGE; ANIMAL; DISEASE ERADICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG THERAPY; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHURIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; DRUG THERAPY; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHURIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84945189500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-1135-4     Document Type: Article

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