Epidemiology of parasitic co-infections during pregnancy in Lambaréné, Gabon

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1204-1209

  Adegnika, Ayôla A ^a,b,c   Ramharter, Michael ^a,c,d   Agnandji, Selidji T ^a,c   Ateba Ngoa, Ulysse ^a,c   Issifou, Saadou ^a,c   Yazdanbahksh, Maria ^b   Kremsner, Peter G ^a,c  

^a ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

co infection; Gabon; helminths; malaria; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ENDEMISM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLATWORM; MALARIA; PARASITE INFESTATION; PREGNANCY; PROTOZOAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GABON; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITOSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; HOOKWORM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITIC DISEASES; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RISK FACTOR; TRICHURIS; YOUNG ADULT;

GABON;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; VERMES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; FEMALE; GABON; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITIC DISEASES; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; TRICHURIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956625382     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02598.x     Document Type: Article

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