Cross-sectional parasitological survey for helminth infections among fish farmers in Nghe An province, Vietnam

Acta Tropica

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 199-204

  Olsen, Annette ^a   Thuan, Le Khanh ^b   Murrell, K Darwin ^c   Dalsgaard, Anders ^c   Johansen, Maria Vang ^a   De, Nguyen Van ^b  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b National Institute of Malariology Parasitology and Entomology Hanoi   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ascaris lumbricoides; Fish farmers; Food borne trematodes; Hookworm; Soil transmitted helminths; Trichuris trichiura; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FLATWORM; FOOD; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; PARASITIC DISEASE; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FASCIOLOPSIASIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FISHERMAN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PISCICULTURE; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMEAR; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; TREMATODE; TRICHURIS; VIET NAM;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FISHERIES; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; TREMATODE INFECTIONS; TRICHURIASIS; VIETNAM;

ASIA; EURASIA; NGHE AN; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; FASCIOLOPSIS BUSKI; TREMATODA; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 33846594775     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.10.010     Document Type: Article

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