Prevalence of intestinal parasites in young Quichua children in the highlands of rural Ecuador

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 399-405

  Jacobsen, Kathryn H ^a,d   Ribeiro, Priscila S ^b   Quist, Bradley K ^c   Rydbeck, Bruce V ^c  

^a CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Health Care Division   (Ecuador)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascariasis; Child; Child, preschool; Cryptosporidiosis; Ecuador; Entamoebiasis; Epidemiology; Giardiasis; Intestinal diseases, parasitic; Parasites; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECUADOR; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECUADOR; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILOMASTIX MESNILI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

EID: 40049103136     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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