%0 Journal Article
%T Epidemic hysteria following the National School Deworming Day, Zamboanga Peninsula, Philippines, 2015
%A Herdie L. Hizon
%A Johnette A. Pe£żas
%A Julius Erving D. Ballera
%A Kenneth Hartigan-Go
%A Ma. Nemia L. Sucaldito
%A Rio L. Magpantay
%A Vicente Y. Belizario
%A Jr
%A Vikki Carr de los Reyes
%J Archive of "Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal : WPSAR".
%D 2018
%R 10.5365/wpsar.2017.8.1.009
%X In July 2015, the Philippines conducted a school-based mass drug administration using albendazole for soil-transmitted helminths infection. Reports of adverse events were subsequently made through the event-based surveillance system, mostly from the Zamboanga Peninsula on the island of Mindanao. A team from the Epidemiology Bureau investigated the reports of adverse events following mass drug administration (AEFMDA)
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6356045/