Interrupting transmission of soiltransmitted helminths: A study protocol for cluster randomised trials evaluating alternative treatment strategies and delivery systems in Kenya

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Brooker, Simon J ^a   Mwandawiro, Charles S ^b   Halliday, Katherine E ^a   Njenga, Sammy M ^b   McHaro, Carlos ^c   Gichuki, Paul M ^b   Wasunna, Beatrice ^b   Kihara, Jimmy H ^b   Njomo, Doris ^b   Alusala, Dorcas ^d   Chiguzo, Athuman ^e   Turner, Hugo C ^f   Teti, Caroline ^c   Gwayi Chore, Claire ^c   Nikolay, Birgit ^a   Truscott, James E ^f   Hollingsworth, T Déirdre ^g   Balabanova, Dina ^a   Griffiths, Ulla K ^a   Freeman, Matthew C ^h   Allen, Elizabeth ^a   Pullan, Rachel L ^a   Anderson, Roy M ^f   more..

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c Evidence Action   (Kenya)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^e Office of the Executive Committee   (Kenya)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^h EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; SOIL;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; SOIL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; SOIL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945909303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008950     Document Type: Article

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