Intestinal parasitic infection among new refugees to Minnesota, 1996-2001

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 223-229

  Varkey, Prathibha ^b   Jerath, Aarti U ^a   Bagniewski, Stephanie ^a   Lesnick, Timothy ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Parasitic infection; Refugee

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; AGED; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ASIA; CHILD; CLONORCHIASIS; CLONORCHIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ERADICATION THERAPY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARAGONIMUS; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REFUGEE; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ASIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TRAVEL; TRICHURIS;

EID: 34249985308     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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