Low risk for helminth infection in wastewater-fed rice cultivation in Vietnam

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 321-331

  Trang, Do Thuy ^a   van der Hoek, Wim ^b   Cam, Phung Dac ^a   Vinh, Khuong Thanh ^c   Van Hoa, Nguyen ^d   Dalsgaard, Anders ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^c Nam Dinh Preventive Medicine Center   (Viet Nam)

^d Department of Clinical Microbiology   (Viet Nam)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Helminth infection; Rice cultivation; Risk Factors; Vietnam; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

RIVER WATER;

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; RICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WASTEWATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRICHURIASIS; VIET NAM; WASTE WATER RECYCLING;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ORYZA SATIVA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIETNAM; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TRICHURIS; VERMES;

EID: 33749250367     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2006.013     Document Type: Article

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