Patterns of concurrent hookworm infection and schistosomiasis in schoolchildren in Tanzania

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 497-502

  Lwambo, N J S ^a,b   Siza, J E ^a   Brooker, S ^b   Bundy, D A P ^b   Guyatt, H ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geographical information system (GIS); Hookworm infection; Polyparasitism; Prevalence; Schistosomiasis; Schoolchildren; Spatial distribution; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECATOR AMERICANUS; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TANZANIA;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; GASTROPODA; NECATOR AMERICANUS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TREMATODA; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES; VICTORIA;

EID: 0032698825     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90349-8     Document Type: Article

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