Epidemiological survey of the prevalence of intestinal parasites among schoolchildren in Sari, northern Iran

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 455-459

  Daryani, A ^a   Sharif, M ^b   Nasrolahei, M ^a   Khalilian, A ^a   Mohammadi, A ^b   Barzegar, Gh ^a  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Intestinal parasite; Iran; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ETHER; FORMALDEHYDE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENDOLIMAX NANA; ENTAMOEBA; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTHIASIS; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INCOME; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITISM; PARASITOSIS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STAINING; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENTEROBIUS; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; IRAN; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; ENDOLIMAX NANA; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; VERMES;

EID: 84863577502     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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