Prevalence and risk factors of hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans in a rural community in Brazil

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-61

  Heukelbach, J ^a,b   Jackson, A ^c   Ariza, L ^a   Feldmeier, H ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOOKWORM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFESTATION; LARVA MIGRANS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; LARVA MIGRANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA;

EID: 38749145599     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485908X252205     Document Type: Article

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