Extending the global worm index and its links to human development and child education

Authors :: Ashish Damania
Peter J. Hotez
SuJin Kang
M. Farhan Majid
Source :: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol 12, Iss 6, p e0006322 (2018), PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Publication Year :: 2018
Publisher :: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018.
Abstract: Treating intestinal worm infections leads to improved human development and childhood education, shows a study by Center for Health & Biosciences postdoctoral fellow SuJin Kang and fellows Peter Hotez and Farhan Majid inﾠPLOSﾠNeglected Tropical Diseases.

Subjects :: Male
genetic structures
Helminthiasis
Social Sciences
Global Health
Geographical Locations
Families
0302 clinical medicine
Cost of Illness
Sociology
Global health
Medicine and Health Sciences
Medicine
Schistosomiasis
Public and Occupational Health
030212 general & internal medicine
Child
Children
Anthelmintics
Schools
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
Human development (humanity)
Infectious Diseases
Helminth Infections
Educational Status
Mass Drug Administration
Female
Anatomy
Neglected Tropical Diseases
medicine.medical_specialty
Helminth infections
Asia
lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
lcsh:RC955-962
Human Development
030231 tropical medicine
World Health Organization
Education
03 medical and health sciences
Elephantiasis, Filarial
Childhood education
Parasitic Diseases
Humans
Educational Attainment
business.industry
Policy Platform
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Biology and Life Sciences
lcsh:RA1-1270
Tropical Diseases
eye diseases
Educational attainment
Schistosomiasis mansoni
Gastrointestinal Tract
Age Groups
Family medicine
People and Places
Population Groupings
sense organs
business
Digestive System

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