High latrine coverage is not reducing the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminthiasis in Hoa Binh province, Vietnam

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 237-241

  Yajima, Aya ^a   Jouquet, Pascal ^b   Trung, Dung Do ^c   Cam, Thach Dang Thi ^c   Cong, Dai Tran ^d   Orange, Didier ^b   Montresor, Antonio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Institute for Soils and Fertilizers   (Viet Nam)

^c National Institute of Malariology Parasitology and Entomology Hanoi   (Viet Nam)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ascaris lumbricoides; Hookworm; Latrine; Risk factors; Trichuris trichiura; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC FERTILIZER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; FECES; FEMALE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; SOIL; TRICHURIS; VEGETABLE; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURE; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RURAL HEALTH; SOIL; TOILET FACILITIES; TRICHURIS; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

EID: 61349164210     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.08.012     Document Type: Article

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