Rates and intensity of re-infection with human helminths after treatment and the influence of individual, household, and environmental factors in a Brazilian community

Parasitology

Volumn 138, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1406-1416

  Cundill, Bonnie ^a   Alexander, Neal ^a,b   Bethony, Jeff M ^b,c   Diemert, David ^b,d   Pullan, Rachel L ^a   Brooker, Simon ^a,e  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d SABIN VACCINE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Hookworm; Necator americanus; Negative binomial; Re infection; Risk factors; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FECES; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; NECATOR AMERICANUS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; VERMES;

EID: 80053086390     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182011001132     Document Type: Article

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