Risk factors for Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm in urban farming communities in western Côte d'Ivoire

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 709-723

  Matthys, Barbara ^a,b   Tschannen, Andres B ^b   Tian Bi, Norbert T ^b,c   Comoé, Hermann ^b   Diabaté, Salia ^c   Traoré, Mahamadou ^b   Vounatsou, Penelope ^a   Raso, Giovanna ^d   Gosoniu, Laura ^a   Tanner, Marcel ^a   Cissé, Gueladio ^b   N'Goran, Eliézer K ^b,c   Utzinger, Jürg ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

C te d'Ivoire; Hookworm; Risk factors; Schistosoma mansoni; Urban agriculture

Indexed keywords

FORMOTEROL; RIVER WATER; WELL WATER;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; NEMATODE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN AGRICULTURE; WATER USE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BAYES THEOREM; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CHILD; CHILOMASTIX MESNILI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENDOLIMAX NANA; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HARTMANNI; ENTEMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FARMING SYSTEM; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC PATHOLOGY; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; IODAMOEBA BUETSCHLII; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POND; PREVALENCE; RICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOIL; TRICHURIS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CHILD; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; KO RIVER; NIMBA RANGE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; PROTOZOA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; VERMES;

EID: 34249867680     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01841.x     Document Type: Article

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