Impact of mass chemotherapy for the control of filariasis on geohelminth infections in Sri Lanka

Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2003 Jun;97(4):421-5. doi: 10.1179/000349803235002407.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Albendazole / administration & dosage*
  • Animals
  • Anthelmintics / administration & dosage*
  • Ascariasis / epidemiology
  • Ascariasis / prevention & control
  • Ascaris lumbricoides / isolation & purification
  • Child
  • Diethylcarbamazine / administration & dosage
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Enterobiasis / epidemiology
  • Enterobiasis / prevention & control
  • Feces / parasitology
  • Female
  • Filariasis / drug therapy
  • Filariasis / prevention & control*
  • Filaricides / administration & dosage
  • Helminthiasis / drug therapy
  • Helminthiasis / prevention & control*
  • Hookworm Infections / epidemiology
  • Hookworm Infections / prevention & control
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Nematode Infections / epidemiology*
  • Nematode Infections / prevention & control
  • Parasite Egg Count
  • Sri Lanka / epidemiology
  • Trichuriasis / epidemiology
  • Trichuriasis / prevention & control

Substances

  • Anthelmintics
  • Filaricides
  • Albendazole
  • Diethylcarbamazine