Intestinal parasitism and socio-environmental factors among Mbyá-Guarani Indians, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil;Parasitismo intestinal e fatores socioambientais de indígenas Mbyá-Guarani, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 119-122

  Brandelli, Clara Lia Costa ^a   de Carli, Geraldo Attilio ^b   Macedo, Alexandre José ^a   Tasca, Tiana ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Enteroparasites; Indigenous health; Mby Guarani Indians; Polyparasitism; Socio environmental factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; CHILD; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEFECATION HABIT; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTEROBIASIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; INDIAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INTESTINE PARASITE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TRICHURIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SANITATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861938048     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652012000300001     Document Type: Article

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