Parasitological impact of 2-year preventive chemotherapy on schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Uganda
Open Access
- 3 September 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Medicine
- Vol. 5 (1), 27
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-5-27
Abstract
Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) are among the neglected tropical diseases in Africa. A national control program for these diseases was initiated in Uganda during March 2003. Annual treatment with praziquantel and albendazole was given to schoolchildren in endemic areas and to adults in selected communities where local prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni in schoolchildren was high.Keywords
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