Differential effect of mass deworming and targeted deworming for soil-transmitted helminth control in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

The Lancet

Volumn 389, Issue 10066, 2017, Pages 287-297

  Clarke, Naomi E ^a   Clements, Archie C A ^a   Doi, Suhail A ^a,b,c   Wang, Dongxu ^a   Campbell, Suzy J ^a   Gray, Darren ^a   Nery, Susana V ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANTIHELMINTHIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; FOLLOW UP; GLOBAL DISEASE BURDEN; HELMINTHIASIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SOIL; TRICHURIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; SOIL; TRICHURIS;

EID: 85008217172     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32123-7     Document Type: Article

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