A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial of Maternal Postpartum Deworming to Improve Infant Weight Gain in the Peruvian Amazon

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Mofid, Layla S ^a,b   Casapía, Martín ^c   Aguilar, Eder ^d   Silva, Hermánn ^d   Montresor, Antonio ^e   Rahme, Elham ^a,b   Fraser, William D ^f   Marquis, Grace S ^g   Vercruysse, Jozef ^h   Allen, Lindsay H ⁱ   Blouin, Brittany ^a,b   Razuri, Hugo ^b   Pezo, Lidsky ^c   Gyorkos, Theresa W ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c ASOCIACIÓN CIVIL SELVA AMAZÓNICA   (Peru)

^d Hospital Iquitos César Garayar García   (Peru)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; PLACEBO; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ANTIHELMINTHIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERU; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; WEIGHT GAIN; DRUG EFFECTS; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALE; MOTHERS; PERU; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85012921421     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005098     Document Type: Article

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