Epidemiology and control of schistosomiasis and other intestinal parasitic infections among school children in three rural villages of south Saint Lucia

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 228-234

  Kurup, Rajini ^a   Hunjan, Gurdip S ^a  

^a International American University   (Saint Lucia)

Author keywords

Control; Cure rate; Helminths; IPI; Protozoan; Risk factors; Saint Lucia; Soil transmitted helminth

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOLIMAX NANA; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBIASIS; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; GROOMING; GROUPS BY AGE; HAND WASHING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE PARASITE; IODAMEBA BUTSCHLII; KATO KATZ METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; PLAYING CRICKET BARE FEET; PREVALENCE; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SAINT LUCIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPORT; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; SWIMMING; SWIMMING IN FRESH WATER; TAENIASIS; TRICHURIASIS; TRIM NAIL; WEARING SHOE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SAINT LUCIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650837618     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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