Household-based prevalence of helminths and parasitic protozoa in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, assessed from faecal vault sampling

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 646-652

  Trönnberg, Linda ^a,b   Hawksworth, David ^c   Hansen, Anette ^a   Archer, Colleen ^c   Stenström, Thor Axel ^a,d,e  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium spp.; Giardia intestinalis; On site sanitation; Public health; Soil transmitted helminths; Taenia spp.

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELMINTH; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PROTOZOON; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TAENIA; TRICHURIS;

ANIMALS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH; SANITATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TAENIA; TRICHURIS;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA; TAENIA; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 77956649076     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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