Increased prevalence of intestinal helminth infection during pregnancy in a Sub-Saharan African community

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 119, Issue 23-24, 2007, Pages 712-716

  Adegnika, Ayola A ^a,b,c   Agnandji, Selidji T ^a,b   Chai, Sanders K ^a,c   Ramharter, Michael ^a,d   Breitling, Lutz ^a   Kendjo, Eric ^e   Issifou, Saadou ^a,b   Yazdanbakhsh, Maria ^c   Kombila, Maryvonne ^e   Kremsner, Peter G ^a,b  

^a ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES DE LA SANTÉ   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Ascaris; Helminths; Malaria; Pregnancy; Trichuris

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TRICHURIS;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 37749020604     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-007-0907-z     Document Type: Article

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