The burden of polyparasitism among primary schoolchildren in rural and farming areas in Zimbabwe

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1039-1045

  Midzi, N ^a   Sangweme, D ^b   Zinyowera, S ^c   Mapingure, M P ^d   Brouwer, K C ^e   Munatsi, A ^a   Mutapi, F ^f   Mudzori, J ^g   Kumar, N ^b   Woelk, G ^d   Mduluza, T ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Zimbabwe)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Faculty of Population Solutions for Health   (Zimbabwe)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g National Microbiology Reference Laboratory   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Children; Helminths; Plasmodium falciparum; Polyparasitism; Schistosoma; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CHLOROQUINE; PRAZIQUANTEL; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FILTRATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITISM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEDIMENTATION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRICHURIS; TROPICAL DISEASE; URINALYSIS; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; ZIMBABWE;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 50849101030     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.05.024     Document Type: Article

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