A Retrospective analysis of prevalence of gastrointestinal Parasites among school children in the Palajunoj Valley of Guatemala

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-40

  Cook, David M ^a   Swanson, R Chad ^b   Eggett, Dennis L ^a   Booth, Gary M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Amoebiasis; Ascariasis; Ascaris lumbricoides; Blastocystis hominis; Child; Entamoeba histolytica; Giardia lamblia; Giardiasis; Guatemala; Hymenolepis nana; Intestinal diseases; Parasites; Parasitic; Retrospective studies

Indexed keywords

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HYMENOLEPIS NANA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FECES; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 63149133269     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v27i1.3321     Document Type: Article

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