Leukocytosis and blood eosinophilia in a polyparasitised population in north-eastern Brazil

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-40

  Heukelbach, J ^a   Poggensee, G ^b   Winter, B ^c   Wilcke, T ^c   Kerr Pontes, L R S ^a   Feldmeier, H ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brazil; Ectoparasites; Eosinophilia; Intestinal helminths; Leukocytosis; Parasitic infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECTOPARASITE; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC;

VERMES;

EID: 28244449098     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.06.021     Document Type: Article

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