Prevalence, risk factors and clinical features associated with intestinal parasitic infections in children from San Juan y Martínez, Pinar del Río, Cuba

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 377-382

  Escobedo, A A ^a   Caflete, R ^b   Nunez F A ^c  

^a Academic Paediatric Hospital Pedro Borras   (Cuba)

^b Provincial Centre of Hygiene Epidemiology and Microbiology   (Cuba)

^c INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; ETHER; FORMALDEHYDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBA; DEMOGRAPHY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CUBA; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOIL; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 58149093941     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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