Effect of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth infections on physical fitness of school children in côte d'ivoire

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Müller, Ivan ^a,b,c   Coulibaly, Jean T ^a,b,c,d   Fürst, Thomas ^a,b   Knopp, Stefanie ^a,b   Hattendorf, Jan ^a,b   Krauth, Stefanie J ^a,b,c   Stete, Katarina ^a,c,e   RighettiAuré, Aurélie A ^a,b,c   Glinz, Dominik ^c,f   Yao, Adrien K ^g   Pühse, Uwe ^b   N'GoranElié, Eliézer K ^c,d   Utzinger, Jürg ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g Services de Santé Scolaire et Universitaire   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINALYSIS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COTE D'IVOIRE; FECES; HELMINTHIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL; STUDENT; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COTE D'IVOIRE; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOIL; STUDENTS;

EID: 79960955463     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001239     Document Type: Article

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