Amazonian onchocerciasis: Parasitological profiles by host-age, sex, and endemicity in southern Venezuela

Parasitology

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 513-525

  Vivas MARTINEZ S ^a,b,d   Basanez M G ^b,c,d   Botto, C ^b,d   Rojas, S ^b,d   Garcia M ^b,d   Pacheco, M ^b,d   Curtis, C F ^a,d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Centro Amazónico para Investigación y Control de Enfermedades Tropicales CAICET   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Distrito Sanitario del Alto Orinoco   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Indicator group for REA; Infection age profiles; Onchocerciasis; Parasite aggregation; Southern Venezuela; Yanomami

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEX; SKIN NODULE; VENEZUELA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICROFILARIA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SKIN; VENEZUELA;

NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 0033652024     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182099006642     Document Type: Article

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