Effects of climatic, socio-economic and behavioural factors on the transmission of hookworm (Necator americanus) on two low-country plantations in Sri Lanka

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 601-609

  Gunawardena, G S A ^a   Karunaweera, N D ^a   Ismail, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEBENDAZOLE; RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECATOR AMERICANUS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SRI LANKA; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLIMATE; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEBENDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NECATORIASIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SRI LANKA; TOILET FACILITIES; WATER SUPPLY;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; NECATOR AMERICANUS;

EID: 24044503073     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485905X51436     Document Type: Article

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