Preventive chemotherapy to control soil-transmitted helminthiasis averted more than 500 000 DALYs in 2015
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Parasitological impact of 2-year preventive chemotherapy on schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Uganda
BACKGROUND Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) are among the neglected tropical diseases in Africa. A national control program for these diseases was initiated in Uganda during March 2003. Annual treatment with praziquantel and albendazole was given to schoolchildren in endemic areas and to adults in selected communities where local prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni in scho...
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عنوان ژورنال: Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0035-9203,1878-3503
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trx082