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Preventive Deworming

Preventive Deworming is a veterinary parasitological strategy that involves the periodic administration of anthelmintic agents to companion animals in the absence of confirmed parasitic infection, distinguished from therapeutic deworming by its proactive aim to prevent parasite colonization and subsequent disease transmission.

136

Publications

5.6K

Citations

703

Authors

272

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

51

Variants

Prophylactic Deworming

Parents

Publications

136

Worms at Work: Long-run Impacts of a Child Health Investment*

Sarah Baird, Joan Hicks, Michael Kremer et al. · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2016 · 267 citations · Full text

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Risk Factors for Alveolar Echinococcosis in Humans

Petra Kern, A Ammon, Martina Kron et al. · Emerging infectious diseases · 2004 · 185 citations · Full text

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Dietary and other management factors associated with colic in horses

Noah D. Cohen, Peter G. Gibbs, April M. Woods · Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association · 1999 · 171 citations · Full text

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Impact of Health Education on Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections in Schoolchildren of the Peruvian Amazon: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

Theresa W. Gyorkos, Mathieu Maheu‐Giroux, Brittany Blouin et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2013 · 157 citations · Full text

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Assessing the feasibility of interrupting the transmission of soil-transmitted helminths through mass drug administration: The DeWorm3 cluster randomized trial protocol

Kristjana Ásbjörnsdóttir, Sitara Swarna Rao Ajjampur, Roy M. Anderson et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018 · 154 citations · Full text

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Authors

703

  1. AM
    Antonio Montresor

    World Health Organization, Switzerland

    15 publications · 567 citations

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    h-index

  2. JK
    Jimmy Kihara

    Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya

    9 publications · 409 citations

    9

    h-index

  3. RM
    Roy M. Anderson

    Imperial College London, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 358 citations

    8

    h-index

  4. SB
    Simon Brooker

    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 402 citations

    6

    h-index

  5. SM
    Sammy M. Njenga

    Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya

    6 publications · 301 citations

    6

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Institutions

272

  1. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    14 h-index

    32 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. Kenya Medical Research Institute

    Nairobi, Kenya

    12 h-index

    41 publications

    1.9K citations

  3. World Health Organization

    Geneva, Switzerland

    10 h-index

    26 publications

    922 citations

  4. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

    London, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    27 publications

    1.8K citations

  5. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    8 h-index

    19 publications

    611 citations

  6. London Centre for Neglected Tropical Disease Research

    London, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    21 publications

    1K citations

  7. Ministry of Health

    Nairobi, Kenya

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    492 citations

  8. University of Kelaniya

    Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    429 citations

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Venues

  1. PLoS neglected tropical diseases

    28 publications · 1.1K citations

    19

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  2. Parasites & Vectors

    12 publications · 624 citations

    12

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  3. PubMed

    Repository · 7 publications · 145 citations

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  5. Veterinary Parasitology

    6 publications · 229 citations

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