Prevalence, intensity and risk factors for soil-transmitted helminth infection in a South Indian fishing village

Acta Tropica

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 177-187

  Naish, S ^a   McCarthy, J ^a   Williams, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Ascaris lumbricoides; Hookworm; Prevalence and intensity of infection; Risk factors; Trichuris trichiura

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; PARASITIC DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; PARENT; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOIL; TRICHURIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOIL;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; VISAKHAPATNAM;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 3242737704     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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