Malaria and helminth co-infection in children living in a malaria endemic setting of Mount Cameroon and predictors of anemia

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1191-1195

  Nkuo Akenji, Theresa K ^a   Chi, Primus C ^a   Cho, Jerome F ^a   Ndamukong, Kenneth K J ^a   Sumbele, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENDEMISM; ENDOPARASITE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MALARIA; NEMATODE; PARASITE INTENSITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SUPERINFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CAMEROON; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMATOCRIT; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRICHURIASIS;

AFRICA; BOLIFAMBA; CAMEROON; MOUNT CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUD-OUEST PROVINCE; WEST AFRICA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; VERMES;

EID: 33847005444     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-895R.1     Document Type: Article

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