Risk profiling and efficacy of albendazole against the hookworms Necator americanus and Ancylostoma ceylanicum in Cambodia to support control programs in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific
Background: Hookworm disease is endemic throughout many parts of the Asia Pacific, despite targeted control programs of at-risk populations. The success of these programs has been hindered by the limited efficacy of widely-used mebendazole, rapid re-infection rates linked to persistent reservoirs of...
Main Authors: | Vito Colella, PhD, Virak Khieu, PhD, Andrew Worsley, Dammika Senevirathna, PhD, Sinuon Muth, Rekol Huy, Peter Odermatt, PhD, Rebecca J. Traub, PhD |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-11-01
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Series: | The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266660652100167X |
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