Paradoxical helminthiasis and giardiasis in Cape Town, South Africa: Epidemiology and control

African Health Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-136

  Adams, Vera J ^a   Markus, Miles B ^b   Adams, Joanita F A ^c   Jordaan, Esme ^a   Curtis, Bronwyn ^a   Dhansay, Muhammad A ^a   Obihara, Charlie C ^c   Fincham, John E ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ascaris; Enterobius; HIV AIDS; Hookworm; IgE; Trichuris; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

MEBENDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS; CESTODIASIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EFFLUENT; ENTEROBIASIS; ENTEROBIUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HEALTH SERVICE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INTESTINE PARASITE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RISK FACTOR; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; TREND STUDY; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; TUBERCULOSIS; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; POVERTY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 33645858572     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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