Patterns of infection with intestinal parasites in Qatar among food handlers and housemaids from different geographical regions of origin

Acta Tropica

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 213-220

  Abu Madi, Marawan A ^a   Behnke, Jerzy M ^b   Ismail, Ahmed ^c  

^a QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c National Health Authority   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Food handlers; Housemaids; Hygiene; Intestinal parasites; Nematodes; Protozoa; Qatar

Indexed keywords

FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH SURVEY; NEMATODE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROTOZOAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; GEOGRAPHY; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; QATAR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRICHURIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; COMORBIDITY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEMATODA; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOA; QATAR; SEX FACTORS;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; MIDDLE EAST; PHILIPPINES; QATAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; ENTAMOEBA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; NEMATODA; PROTOZOA; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

EID: 43849111066     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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