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Controlling Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis in Pre-School-Age Children through Preventive Chemotherapy

Pre-school age children account for 10%–20% of the 2 billion people worldwide who are infected with soil-transmitted helminths (STHs): Ascaris lumbricoides (roundworm), Trichuris trichiura (whipworm), and Ancylostoma duodenale/Necator americanus (hookworms). Through a systematic review of the publis...

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Autores principales: Albonico, Marco, Allen, Henrietta, Chitsulo, Lester, Engels, Dirk, Gabrielli, Albis-Francesco, Savioli, Lorenzo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2274864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18365031
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000126