Malaria helminth co-infections and their contribution for aneamia in febrile patients attending Azzezo health center, Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia: A cross sectional study

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 803-809

  Alemu, Abebe ^a   Shiferaw, Yitayal ^a   Ambachew, Aklilu ^a   Hamid, Halima ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Aneamia; Febrile; Helminth; Malaria

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867197547     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(12)60147-3     Document Type: Article

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