A comparative cross-sectional study of prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminthic infection between healthy and severe acutely malnourished pre-school aged children in Kano, Northern Nigeria

BACKGROUND: Soil-transmitted helminthic (STH) infections are common in Sub-Saharan Africa. One method used for control of these helminths is mass anti-helminthic administration in populations at risk of STH infections. In this regard, empiric treatment of children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM...

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Autores principales: Imam, Abdulazeez, Farouk, Zubaida L., Hassan-Hanga, Fatimah, Ihesiulor, Uchechukwu G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6364394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30727974
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-3755-3

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