Prevalence of intestinal parasites versus knowledge, attitudes, and practices of inhabitants of low-income communities of Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

Parasitology Research

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 295-307

  De Moraes Neto, Antonio Henrique A ^a   Pereira, Adriana P M F ^a   Alencar, Maria De Fátima L ^a   Souza Júnior, Paulo R B ^b   Dias, Rodrigo C ^c   Fonseca, Juliana G ^d   Santos, Clóvis P ^d   Almeida, João C A ^d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Oswaldo Cruz Foundation   (Brazil)

^c Laboratório de Pesquisas Clínicas Plínio Bacelar   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEBENDAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; CHILD; COMMUNITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE PARASITE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; AGED; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INCOME; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955454745     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-1861-7     Document Type: Article

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