Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections and its relationship with socio-demographics and hygienic habits among male primary schoolchildren in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 906-912

  Al Mohammed, Hamdan Ibrahim ^a   Amin, Tarek Tawfik ^b   Aboulmagd, Elsayed ^a   Hablus, Hatem Refaat ^a   Zaza, Burhan Omar ^c  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Ministry of Education Saudi Arabia   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Epidemiological correlates; Hygiene; Intestinal parasitic infections; Saudi Arabia; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY SIZE; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HAND WASHING; HOUSING; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; INCOME; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PARASITOSIS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 78649526958     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(10)60218-0     Document Type: Article

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