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Koukounari, Artemis and Hollingsworth, T. Déirdre (2017) A strengthening evidence-base for mass deworming, but questions remain. The Lancet, 389 (10066). pp. 231-233. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32452-7 ISSN 0140-6736.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32452-7
Abstract
Soil-transmitted helminths, a group of three intestinal parasitic worms, are estimated to affect about a billion people worldwide, predominantly in low-income settings. The world's largest deworming programme is the lymphatic filariasis elimination programme, which combines community-wide treatment with drugs that target soil-transmitted helminths. As these programmes are scaled back because of successful control of lymphatic filariasis, the question of whether and how to continue or expand deworming for soil-transmitted helminths, usually delivered through school-based deworming programmes, remains to be answered.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Mathematics |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Preventive health services, Evidence-based medicine | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | The Lancet | ||||||||
Publisher: | Lancet Publishing Group | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0140-6736 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 21 January 2017 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 389 | ||||||||
Number: | 10066 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 231-233 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32452-7 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 5 January 2017 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 13 June 2017 |
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