Prevalence and risk factors for protozoan and nematode infections among children in an Ecuadorian highland community

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 585-592

  Rinne, Seppo ^a   Rodas, Edgar J ^b   Galer Unti, Regina ^c   Glickman, Nita ^a   Glickman, Larry T ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL AZUAY   (Ecuador)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health; Ecuador; Intestinal parasites; Nematodes; Protozoa; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHLORINATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECUADOR; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; WATER TREATMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECUADOR; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; RURAL HEALTH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; NEMATODA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 20444444338     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.01.003     Document Type: Article

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