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

• Main Authors: Vito Colella, PhD (Author), Virak Khieu, PhD (Author), Andrew Worsley (Author), Dammika Senevirathna, PhD (Author), Sinuon Muth (Author), Rekol Huy (Author), Peter Odermatt, PhD (Author), Rebecca J. Traub, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...