Effect of hygiene promotion on the risk of reinfection rate of intestinal parasites in children in rural Uzbekistan

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 564-569

  Gungoren, Billur ^a   Latipov, Renat ^b   Regallet, Gabriel ^c   Musabaev, Erkin ^b  

^a Rural Water Supply Project   (Uzbekistan)

^b Ministry of Health Uzbekistan   (Uzbekistan)

^c International Secretariat for Water   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child health; Hand washing; Hygiene promotion; Intestinal parasites; PHAST methodology; Uzbekistan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HAND WASHING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REINFECTION; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UZBEKISTAN; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RURAL POPULATION; UZBEKISTAN;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HYMENOLEPIS NANA;

EID: 34247273632     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.02.011     Document Type: Article

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