The relative influence of polyparasitism, environment, and host factors on schistosome infection

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 672-675

  Silva, Rita De Cássia Ribeiro ^b   Barreto, Maurício Lima ^b   Assis, Ana Marlúcia Oliveira ^b   De Santana, Mônica Leila Portela ^b   Parraga, Isabel M ^c   Reis, Mitermayer Galvão ^d   Blanton, Ronald E ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITISM; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; AGE; ANCYLOSTOMA; ANIMAL; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FECES; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOOKWORM INFECTION; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; VERMES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BRAZIL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

EID: 38449101188     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.672     Document Type: Article

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