Patterns of helminth infection and relationship to BCG vaccination in Karonga District, northern Malawi

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-33

  Randall, A E ^a,b   Perez, M A ^a   Floyd, S ^b   Black, G F ^a   Crampin, A C ^a   Ngwira, B ^a   Pistoni, W N ^a   Mulawa, D ^a   Sichali, L ^a   Mwaungulu, L ^a   Bickle, Q ^b   Fine, P E M ^b  

^a KARONGA PREVENTION STUDY   (Malawi)

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

Author keywords

BCG vaccination; Helminth infections; Hookworm; Intensity; Malawi; Prevalence; Schistosomiasis; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; BCG VACCINE; PLACEBO; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BCG VACCINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCAR FORMATION; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHOOL CHILD; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TAENIA; TRICHURIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; BCG VACCINE; CHILD; FECES; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URINE; VACCINATION;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TAENIA; TREMATODA; TRICHURIS; VERMES;

EID: 18444366175     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90229-4     Document Type: Article

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