The population biology and epidemiology of schistosome and geohelminth infections among schoolchildren in Tanzania

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 491-495

  Booth, M ^a   Mayombana, C ^b   Kilima, P ^c  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c Elderly and Children   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Ascaris lumbricoides; Geohelminthiasis; Hookworms; Morbidity; Multiple infections; Prevalence; Schistosoma haematobium; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis; Schoolchildren; Tanzania; Trichuris trichiura

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TANZANIA; TRICHURIS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 0031734620     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90886-0     Document Type: Article

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