Prevalence of intestinal parasites in HIV-positive patients on the island of Bioko, Equatorial Guinea: Its relation to sanitary conditions and socioeconomic factors

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 432, Issue , 2012, Pages 404-411

  Roka, Margarita ^a   Goñi, Pilar ^a   Rubio, Encarnación ^a   Clavel, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioko; Diarrhea; Equatorial Guinea; HIV; Intestinal parasites

Indexed keywords

BIOKO; DIARRHEA; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; HIV; INTESTINAL PARASITES;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; POLLUTION;

PROTOZOA;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; MEBENDAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE;

DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CHILOMASTIX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; GUINEA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; COINFECTION; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; EUKARYOTA; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHS; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; INTESTINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITES; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

BIOKO; EQUATORIAL GUINEA;

ASCARIS; CHILOMASTIX; CHILOMASTIX MESNILI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA; SCHISTOSOMA; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; VERMES;

EID: 84863493879     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.023     Document Type: Article

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