Individual predisposition, household clustering and risk factors for human infection with Ascaris lumbricoides: New epidemiological insights

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Walker, Martin ^a   Hall, Andrew ^b   Basáñez, María Gloria ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRANTEL EMBONATE;

ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BANGLADESH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HOUSEHOLD CLUSTERING; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE LOAD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORM EXPULSION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; CHILD; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955809124     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001047     Document Type: Article

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