A Critical Appraisal of Control Strategies for Soil-Transmitted Helminths

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 97-107

  Campbell, Suzy J ^a   Nery, Susana V ^a   McCarthy, James S ^b,c   Gray, Darren J ^a,b   Soares Magalhães, Ricardo J ^c   Clements, Archie C A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; SOIL;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROL STRATEGY; HAND WASHING; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HYGIENE; NEGLECTED DISEASE; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; REVIEW; SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTH; SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTH INFECTION; TROPICAL DISEASE; ANIMAL; HUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; HAND DISINFECTION; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; SOIL;

EID: 84959076799     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2015.10.006     Document Type: Review

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