Impact of a citywide sanitation program in Northeast Brazil on intestinal parasites infection in young children

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1637-1642

  Barreto, Mauricio L ^a   Genser, Bernd ^a   Strina, Agostino ^a   Teixeira, Maria Gloria ^a   Assis, Ana Marlucia O ^a   Rego, Rita F ^a   Teles, Carlos A ^a   Prado, Matildes S ^a   Matos, Sheila M A ^a   Alcântara Neves, Neuza M ^a   Cairncross, Sandy ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ascaris; Brazil; Developing countries; Giardia; Sanitation intervention; Sewer; Trichuris; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; GIARDIASIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHURIASIS;

ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BRAZIL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARASITIC DISEASES; SANITATION; SEWAGE; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

ASCARIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; TRICHURIS;

EID: 78149315350     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1002058     Document Type: Article

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