Identifying risk factors for tungiasis and heavy infestation in a resource-poor community in northeast Brazil

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 371-380

  Muehlen, Marion ^a,b   Feldmeier, Hermann ^a   Wilcke, Thomas ^a   Winter, Benedikt ^a   Heukelbach, Jörg ^c,d  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c Fundacao Mandacaru   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Epidemiology; Risk factor; Sand flea; Tunga penetrans; Tungiasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CALCULATION; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISHING; FLEA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; INFESTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHOE; SKIN DEFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; FLEAS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); TUNGA PENETRANS;

EID: 31744432371     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.06.033     Document Type: Article

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