Patterns and risk factors for helminthiasis in rural children aged under 2 in Bangladesh

SAJCH South African Journal of Child Health

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 78-84

  Roy, Eliza ^a   Hasan, K Zahid ^b   Haque, Rashidul ^b   Fazlul Haque, A K M ^b   Siddique, A K ^b   Sack, R Bradley ^c  

^a Inst Epidemiol Dis Contr Res   (Bangladesh)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEBENDAZOLE; PYRANTEL EMBONATE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BANGLADESH; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REINFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRICHURIS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 80053543977     PISSN: 19943032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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