Soil-transmitted helminth infections

The Lancet

Volumn 391, Issue 10117, 2018, Pages 252-265

  Jourdan, Peter Mark ^a,b,c   Lamberton, Poppy H L ^a,d,e   Fenwick, Alan ^a   Addiss, David G ^f,g  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f The Task Force for Global Health   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCYLOSTOMIASIS; ANTIHELMINTHIC THERAPY; ASCARIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOLLOW UP; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NECATORIASIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOIL MICROFLORA; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TRICHURIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; SOIL; TRANSMISSION;

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANTHELMINTICS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOIL;

EID: 85028723240     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31930-X     Document Type: Review

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