Risk factors and spatial patterns of hookworm infection among schoolchildren in a rural area of western Côte d'Ivoire

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 201-210

  Raso, Giovanna ^a,b,c   Vounatsou, Penelope ^a   Gosoniu, Laura ^a   Tanner, Marcel ^a   N'Goran, Eliézer K ^b,d   Utzinger, Jürg ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Bayesian geo statistics; C te d'Ivoire; Geographic information system; Hookworm (Ancylostoma duodenale and Nector americanus); Non stationary spatial correlation; Risk prediction and mapping

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CHILD HEALTH; GIS; PARASITE INFESTATION; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTE D'IVOIRE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; CHILD; CLIMATE; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

AFRICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA;

EID: 32144454708     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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