Epidemiology of Cyclospora cayetanensis infection in San Carlos Island, Venezuela: strong association between socio-economic status and infection

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1018-1024

  Chacín Bonilla, Leonor ^a   Barrios, Fernando ^b   Sanchez, Yulaicy ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Cyclospora cayetanensis; Cyclosporiasis; Epidemiology; Risk factors; Transmission; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; CYCLOSPORIASIS; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTESTINE FLORA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL POLLUTION; VENEZUELA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CYCLOSPORA; CYCLOSPORIASIS; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VENEZUELA;

CYCLOSPORA; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS;

EID: 34548288556     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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