Soil-transmitted helminthiasis among mothers and their pre-school children on Unguja Island, Zanzibar with emphasis upon ascariasis

Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1447-1455

  Stothard, J R ^a   Imison, E ^b   French, M D ^c   Sousa Figueiredo, J C ^a   Khamis, I S ^d   Rollinson, D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

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

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Ministry of Health Zanzibar   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Anthelminthics; Ascaris; Hookworm; Maternal and child health; STH; Trichuris

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; PYRANTEL EMBONATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOIL MICROFLORA; TANZANIA; TRICHURIASIS; WORM INFECTION;

ADULT; ASCARIASIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOIL; TANZANIA;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; TRICHURIS; VERMES;

EID: 54349120852     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182008004836     Document Type: Article

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