A Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Survey Conducted Three Years after Halting Ivermectin Mass Treatment for Onchocerciasis in Guatemala

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Richards, Frank O ^a   Klein, Robert E ^b   de León, Oscar ^b   Mendizábal Cabrera, Renata ^b   Morales, Alba Lucía ^a   Cama, Vitaliano ^c   Crovella, Carol G ^d   Díaz Espinoza, Carlos E ^d   Morales, Zoraida ^d   Sauerbrey, Mauricio ^a   Rizzo, Nidia ^b  

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Onchocerciasis Sub Program   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN BIOPSY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GUATEMALA; HEALTH EDUCATION;

ADULT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; MALE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84978175025     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004777     Document Type: Article

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