Relationships between anaemia and parasitic infections in Kenyan schoolchildren: A Bayesian hierarchical modelling approach

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 38, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1663-1671

  Koukounari, Artemis ^a   Estambale, Benson B A ^b   Kiambo Njagi, J ^c   Cundill, Bonnie ^d   Ajanga, Anthony ^d   Crudder, Christopher ^d   Otido, Julius ^b   Jukes, Matthew C H ^e   Clarke, Siân E ^d   Brooker, Simon ^d,f  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^f KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Bayesian hierarchical models; Haemoglobin concentration; Helminth infections; Kenya; Malaria; School children

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITIC DISEASE; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PARASITOSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCHOOLS; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; VERMES;

EID: 53649109488     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.05.013     Document Type: Article

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