Controlling Intestinal Helminths While Eliminating Lymphatic FilariasisL. S. Stephenson, C. V. Holland, L. H. Chappell, E. A. Ottesen The WHO Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GPELF) was launched in 1998, and this volume focuses on the importance of the GPELF for tropical public health and social and economic wellbeing. Written by experienced scientists and fieldworkers, the volume examines the tools for treatment and prevention of lymphatic filariasis, including albendazole, ivermectin and DEC salt, and reviews the safety of the GPELF drug regimens. The volume discusses the beneficial impact that the GPELF may have on malnutrition in the 73 countries in which lymphatic filariasis is endemic, and for hundreds of millions infected with common intestinal nematodes (hookworm, roundworm and whipworm). |
Contents
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LVIII | S-113 |
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XXXII | S-54 |
XXXIII | S-56 |
XXXV | S-61 |
XXXVII | S-64 |
XXXVIII | S-65 |
XXXIX | S-73 |
XLII | S-77 |
XLIII | S-79 |
XLIV | S-83 |
XLV | S-91 |
XLVII | S-97 |
L | S-98 |
Common terms and phrases
ACC/SCN adult worms albendazole Albonico American Journal anaemia animal models anthelminthic ascariasis Ascaris lumbricoides bancroftian filariasis blood loss BUNDY chemotherapy cognitive Crompton Cure rate DEC salt decrease diethylcarbamazine disease effects efficacy eliminate lymphatic filariasis endemic Geneva geophagia global growth Hadju haemoglobin helminth helminth infections helminthiases Holland hookworm hookworm infection host human infection intensity of infection interaction intervention intestinal helminth iron deficiency iron status Ismail ivermectin Journal of Tropical Kenyan larvae lymphatic filariasis malnutrition mebendazole Medicine and Hygiene mg/kg microfilaraemia microfilarial density months morbidity Necator americanus nematodes Ottesen parasitic infections Parasitology patients pigs placebo population pos/total post-treatment pregnancy prevalence public health pyrantel reduced regimens reported Royal Society salt iodization SAVIOLI school children Shenoy single dose Society of Tropical soil-transmitted Stephenson Strongyloides stercoralis studies stunting suum Table Thein Hlaing treatment trichiura infection trichuriasis Trichuris trichiura Tropical Medicine vitamin World Health Organization worm burdens µg/kg