Soil-transmitted helminth infections and risk factors in preschool children in southern rural Lao People's Democratic Republic

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 160-166

  Kounnavong, Sengchanh ^a   Vonglokham, Manithong ^a   Houamboun, Keonakhone ^a   Odermatt, Peter ^b,c   Boupha, Boungnong ^a  

^a Ministry of Health   (Laos)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Intestinal parasites; Laos; Preschool children; Prevalence; Risk factors; Soil transmitted helminths

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; LAOS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SANITATION; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOIL; TRICHURIS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 79951774412     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.11.011     Document Type: Article

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