Epidemiological surveys of, and research on, soil-transmitted helminths in Southeast Asia: A systematic review

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Dunn, Julia C ^a,b   Turner, Hugo C ^a,b   Tun, Aung ^c   Anderson, Roy M ^a,b  

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

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Tun Khit Foundation Myanmar   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Mass drug administration; Monitoring and evaluation; Neglected tropical diseases; Soil transmitted helminths; Southeast Asia; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTHIASIS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; ANCYLOSTOMA; ANIMAL; ASCARIASIS; FECES; HELMINTH; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; SOIL; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

SOIL;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; FECES; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH; SOIL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

EID: 84956916469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-016-1310-2     Document Type: Review

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