Deworming in non-pregnant adolescent girls and adult women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The impact of deworming on parasite load, nutritional status and other health outcomes of non-pregnant adolescent girls and adult women is uncertain.

Methods

MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, the WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and Food and Technology Abstracts databases were searched until 24 September 2018. Studies were included if they were randomised controlled trials (RCTs), controlled before and after studies or interrupted time studies comparing deworming with no intervention or placebo in non-pregnant adolescent girls and women 10 to 49 years old. Outcomes of interest included parasite load, reinfection, anaemia, severe anaemia, iron deficiency, diar

SUBMITTER: Tanjong Ghogomu E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6300900 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature