Poly-helminth infection in east guatemalan school children

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-31

  Sorensen, William C ^a   Cappello, Michael ^b   Bell, Deborah ^c   Difedele, Lisa M ^d   Brown, Mary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Refuge International ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Guatemala; Helminth; Polyparasitism; School children

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTH; STUNTING; TRICHURIASIS; VEIN PUNCTURE; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 79952903072     PISSN: 0974777X     EISSN: 09748245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-777X.77292     Document Type: Article

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