Compliance with anthelmintic treatment in the neglected tropical diseases control programmes: A systematic review

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Shuford, Kathryn V ^a,b   Turner, Hugo C ^a,b   Anderson, Roy M ^a,b  

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

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compliance; Coverage; Elimination; Helminths; Mass drug administration; NTDs; Preventive chemotherapy; Systematic non compliance; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IVERMECTIN;

ASCARIASIS; DISEASE ELIMINATION; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; META ANALYSIS; NEGLECTED DISEASE; NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRACHOMA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHURIASIS; TROPICAL DISEASE; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DISEASE ERADICATION; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; HELMINTHIASIS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CHEMOPREVENTION; DISEASE ERADICATION; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; HELMINTHIASIS; NEGLECTED DISEASES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 84956959029     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-016-1311-1     Document Type: Review

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