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

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...

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Main Authors: Vito Colella, PhD, Virak Khieu, PhD, Andrew Worsley, Dammika Senevirathna, PhD, Sinuon Muth, Rekol Huy, Peter Odermatt, PhD, Rebecca J. Traub, PhD
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Elsevier 2021
Subjects:
Soil transmitted helminths
Ancylostoma ceylanicum
Zoonosis
Control programs
Albendazole
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/076080b9ab644fe3a093e59f3b7b2921
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