Risk factors for tungiasis in Nigeria: Identification of targets for effective intervention

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Ugbomoiko, Uade Samuel ^a   Ariza, Liana ^b   Ofoezie, Ifeanyi Emmanuel ^c   Heukelbach, Jörg ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FLEA; HUMAN; INFESTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SAND FLEA; SHOE; SWINE; TUNGIASIS; ANIMAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; INFANT; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FLEAS; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECT CONTROL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC;

EID: 41549131629     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000087     Document Type: Article

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