Epidemiology of malaria and helminth interaction: A review from 2001 to 2011

Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 221-224

  Adegnika, Ayola A ^a,b,c   Kremsner, Peter G ^a,b  

^a ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ascaris; co infection; helminths; hookworm; malaria; Schistosoma hematobium; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

LEVAMISOLE;

ASCARIDIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; MALARIA; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ADULT; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; MALARIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 84859890375     PISSN: 1746630X     EISSN: 17466318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COH.0b013e3283524d90     Document Type: Review

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