Prevalence of intestinal parasites among school children in northern districts of West Bank- Palestine

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 240-244

  Hussein, Ayman S ^a  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Entamoeba histolytica; Giardia; Handwashing; Intestinal parasitic infections; Palestine; School children

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDOPARASITE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HYGIENE; INFECTIVITY; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SAMPLING; SANITATION;

AMEBIC INFECTION; AMOEBA (GENUS); ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBIASIS; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HAND WASHING; HELMINTH; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PALESTINE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PROTOZOON; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; SCHOOL HYGIENE; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBAN AREA;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; PALESTINE; WEST BANK;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 78651456851     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02674.x     Document Type: Article

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