Geohelminth infections among pregnant women in rural western Kenya: A cross-sectional study

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  van Eijk, Anna M ^a   Lindblade, Kim A ^b   Odhiambo, Frank ^c   Peterson, Elizabeth ^d   Rosen, Daniel H ^e   Karanja, Diana ^c   Ayisi, John G ^c   Shi, Ya Ping ^b   Adazu, Kubaje ^c   Slutsker, Laurence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e Center for Prevention   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; COMORBIDITY; MALARIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

EID: 65549160483     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000370     Document Type: Article

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