Prevalence and risk factors of intestinal parasites in Cuban children

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1813-1820

  Wördemann, Meike ^a   Polman, Katja ^a   Menocal Heredia, Lenina T ^b   Junco Diaz, Raquel ^b   Collado Madurga, Ana Maria ^b   Núñez Fernández, Fidel A ^c   Cordovi Prado, Raúl A ^c   Ruiz Espinosa, Aniran ^c   Pelayo Duran, Liliana ^c   Bonet Gorbea, Mariano ^b   Rojas Rivero, Lázara ^c   Gryseels, Bruno ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE HIGIENE   (Cuba)

^c INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Cuba; Paediatric helminths; Prevalence; Protozoa; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

RIVER WATER; WELL WATER;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROTOZOAN; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CUBA; EDUCATION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVALUATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRUIT; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOSIS; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRICHURIS; URBAN AREA; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUBA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; FOMENTO; GREATER ANTILLES; PINAR DEL RIO; SAN JUAN Y MARTINEZ; SANCTI-SPIRITUS;

PROTOZOA; VERMES;

EID: 33751368831     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01745.x     Document Type: Article

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