Ascaris lumbricoides among children in rural communities in the Northern Area, Pakistan: Prevalence, intensity, and associated socio-cultural and behavioral risk factors

Acta Tropica

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 223-231

  Nishiura, Hiroshi ^a   Imai, Hirohisa ^a   Nakao, Hiroyuki ^a   Tsukino, Hiromasa ^a   Changazi, Mohammad Ali ^b   Hussain, Gulzar Ali ^b   Kuroda, Yoshiki ^a   Katoh, Takahiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b Casualty Department   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Ascaris lumbricoides; Children; Intensity; Pakistan; Risk factors; Socio cultural study

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION;

AGE; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; EATING HABIT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SANITATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

PAKISTAN;

ASCARIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES;

EID: 0036709973     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(02)00116-X     Document Type: Article

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