The Impact of Lymphatic Filariasis Mass Drug Administration Scaling Down on Soil-Transmitted Helminth Control in School-Age Children. Present Situation and Expected Impact from 2016 to 2020

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Mupfasoni, Denise ^a   Montresor, Antonio ^a   Mikhailov, Alexei ^a   King, Jonathan ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; IVERMECTIN; SOIL;

AFRICA; ANTIHELMINTHIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DISEASE ELIMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HELMINTH; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MASS DRUG ADMINSTRATION; MASS SCREENING; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTH; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANIMAL; ASIA; CHILD; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL; SOIL; TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; ASIA; CHILD; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; SOIL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85008697802     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005202     Document Type: Article

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