Malaria and intestinal helminth co-infection among pregnant women in Ghana: Prevalence and risk factors

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 896-901

  Yatich, Nelly J ^a   Yi, Jiang ^a   Agbenyega, Tsiri ^b   Turpin, Archer ^c   Rayner, Julian C ^d   Stiles, Jonathan K ^e   Ellis, William O ^b   Funkhouser, Ellen ^f   Ehiri, John E ^a   Williams, Jonathan H ^g   Jolly, Pauline E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GHANA; GROUPS BY AGE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MIXED INFECTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

VERMES;

EID: 66949138941     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.80.896     Document Type: Article

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