Can prevalence of infection in school-aged children be used as an index for assessing community prevalence?

Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 257-268

  Guyatt, H L ^a   Brooker, S ^a   Donnelly, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Communities; Indicators; Intestinal nematodes; Prevalence; Schistosomiasis; School aged children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTESTINE INFECTION; NEMATODIASIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0033060048     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098003862     Document Type: Article

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