Soil-transmitted helminth infections: updating the global picture

Trends in Parasitology - Tập 19 - Trang 547-551 - 2003
Nilanthi R de Silva1, Simon Brooker2, Peter J Hotez3, Antonio Montresor4, Dirk Engels4, Lorenzo Savioli4
1Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, PO Box 6, Ragama, Sri Lanka
2Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
3Department of Microbiology and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University, 2300 Eye St. NW, Washington DC 20037, USA
4Strategy Development and Monitoring for Parasitic Diseases and Vector Control, Communicable Diseases Control, Prevention and Eradication, World Health Organization, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland

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