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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
The epidemiological implications of a multiple-infection approach to the control of human helminth infections
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, No. 2, Year 1991
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It has been suggested that there is economic advantage in using a single community therapy programme to deliver multiple treatments against several parasitic infections. This preliminary study estimates the occurrence of concurrent helminth infection in Africa and Brazil to determine whether such an approach is justified epidemiologically. The results indicate that the occurrence of geohelminthiasis with schistosomiasis is sufficiently frequent in some areas of both Africa and Brazil for a combined approach to control to be appropriate, but that the relatively low frequency of occurrence of onchocerciasis with other infections would justify a multi-infection approach to control at specific foci only. © 1991 Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Bundy, Donald A.P.
United Kingdom, London
Imperial College London
Chandiwana, Stephen K.
Zimbabwe, Harare
Blair Research Institute
Homeida, Mamoun M.A.
Sudan, Khartoum
Khartoum University
Yoon, S.
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Mott, Kenneth E.
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Statistics
Citations: 54
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/0035-9203(91)90054-3
ISSN:
00359203
e-ISSN:
18783503
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases