Contrasting patterns in the small-scale heterogeneity of human helminth infections in urban and rural environments in Brazil

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 36, Issue 10-11, 2006, Pages 1143-1151

  Brooker, Simon ^a   Alexander, Neal ^a,b   Geiger, Stefan ^b,c   Moyeed, Rana A ^d   Stander, Julian ^d   Fleming, Fiona ^a   Hotez, Peter J ^b   Correa Oliveira, Rodrigo ^c   Bethony, Jeffrey ^b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancylostoma duodenale; Brazil; Hookworm; Household clustering; Necator americanus; Negative binomial distribution; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis; Spatial analysis; Spatial clustering

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROGENEITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITIC DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BAYES THEOREM; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; EXPOSURE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTHIASIS; HEREDITY; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE CYCLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECATOR AMERICANUS; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; NECATOR AMERICANUS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; VERMES;

EID: 33747118325     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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