The global limits and population at risk of soil-transmitted helminth infections in 2010

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Pullan, Rachel L ^a   Brooker, Simon J ^a,b  

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

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Ascaris lumbricoides; Hookworm; Population at risk; Soil transmitted helminths; Transmission limits; Trichuris trichiura; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ASIA; CHILD; DESERT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HELMINTHIASIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTHIASIS; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOIL; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 84861204266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-81     Document Type: Article

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