Random spatial distribution of Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm infections among school children within a single village

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 686-692

  Utzinger, Jürg ^a   Müller, Ivo ^b   Vounatsou, Penelope ^c   Singer, Burton H ^a   N'Goran, Eliézer K ^d   Tanner, Marcel ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARASITIC DISEASE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELMINTH; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COTE D'IVOIRE; FECES; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCHOOLS;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; PROTOZOA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; VERMES;

EID: 0141744934     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-75R     Document Type: Article

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