A call to strengthen the global strategy against schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis: the time is now

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2017, Pages e64-e69

  Lo, Nathan C ^a   Addiss, David G ^b   Hotez, Peter J ^c,d,e   King, Charles H ^f   Stothard, J Russell ^g   Evans, Darin S ^h   Colley, Daniel G ⁱ   Lin, William ^j   Coulibaly, Jean T ^k,l,m,n   Bustinduy, Amaya L ^o   Raso, Giovanna ^m,n   Bendavid, Eran ^p   Bogoch, Isaac I ^q,r   Fenwick, Alan ^s   Savioli, Lorenzo ^t   Molyneux, David ^g   Utzinger, Jürg ^m,n   Andrews, Jason R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Children Without Worms   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^h UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^j JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^l CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^m SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

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

^p STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^r TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^s IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^t Chavannes de Bogis   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; SOIL;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; DISEASE ELIMINATION; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZIKA FEVER; ECONOMICS; GLOBAL HEALTH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SOIL; STANDARDS; TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTHELMINTICS; GLOBAL HEALTH; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOIL;

EID: 85007490465     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(16)30535-7     Document Type: Review

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