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Study design and baseline results of an open-label cluster randomized community-intervention trial to assess the effectiveness of a modified mass deworming program in reducing hookworm infection in a tribal population in southern India

INTRODUCTION: Hookworm infection is a leading cause of iron deficiency anemia and malnutrition in resource-poor settings. Periodic mass deworming with anthelminthic drugs remains the cornerstone of hookworm control efforts worldwide. Reinfection following treatment occurs, reflecting the human host&...

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Autores principales: Sarkar, Rajiv, Rose, Anuradha, Mohan, Venkata R., Ajjampur, Sitara S.R., Veluswamy, Vasanthakumar, Srinivasan, Rajan, Muliyil, Jayaprakash, Rajshekhar, Vedantam, George, Kuryan, Balraj, Vinohar, Grassly, Nicholas C., Anderson, Roy M., Brooker, Simon J., Kang, Gagandeep
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5389336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28424794
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2016.12.002