Rapid appraisal of human intestinal helminth infections among schoolchildren in osh oblast, kyrgyzstan

Acta Tropica

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 178-184

  Steinmann, P ^a,b,c   Usubalieva, Jumagul ^d   Imanalieva, Cholpon ^e   Minbaeva, Gulnara ^d   Stefiuk, Kayte ^e   Jeandron, Aurelie ^b   Utzinger, Jürg ^b,c  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Republican Sanitary Epidemiological Services   (Kyrgyzstan)

^e U Nations Children's Fund Office   (Kyrgyzstan)

Author keywords

Adhesive tape test; Ascaris lumbricoides; Enterobius vermicularis; Intestinal helminths; Kato Katz; Kyrgyzstan; Lot quality assurance sampling; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; MEBENDAZOLE; TAP WATER;

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE INFESTATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BED SHARING; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DICROCOELIUM; DICROCOELIUM DENDRITICUM; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD WASHING; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTHIASIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; INCOME; INFECTION PREVENTION; KYRGYZSTAN; LOT QUALITY ASSURANCE SAMPLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; VEGETABLE; WATER SUPPLY; WORM EXPULSION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; KYRGYZSTAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

KYRGYZSTAN; OSH;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; DICROCOELIUM DENDRITICUM; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; VERMES;

EID: 77957755780     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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