Hookworm infections in Singaporean soldiers after jungle training in Brunei Darussalam

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1214-1218

  Lee, Vernon J ^a,b   Ong, Alan ^a   Lee, Nan Guang ^a   Lee, Wei Ting ^a   Fong, Kenneth L ^a   Lim, Poh Lian ^b  

^a Singapore Army   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asia; Helminths; Hookworm infections; Risk factors; Rural health; Travel

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; MEBENDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRUNEI DARUSSALAM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHILIA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXPOSURE; FECES CULTURE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LARVA MIGRANS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; SCREENING; SINGAPORE; SOIL; SOLDIER; SYMPTOM; TRAINING;

ADULT; BRUNEI; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EOSINOPHILIA; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGAPORE;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; VERMES;

EID: 35748975950     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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