Schistosomiasis, Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis, and Sociodemographic Factors Influence Quality of Life of Adults in Côte d'Ivoire

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Fürst, Thomas ^a,b   Silué, Kigbafori D ^c,d   Ouattara, Mamadou ^c   N'Goran, Dje N ^e   Adiossan, Lukas G ^f   N'Guessan, Yao ^d   Zouzou, Fabian ^d   Koné, Siaka ^d   N'Goran, Eliézer K ^c,d   Utzinger, Jürg ^a,b  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^e Programme Nat de Lutte contre la Schistosomiase les Geohelminthiases et la Filariose Lymphatique   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^f Hôpital Général de Taabo   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOCIAL STATUS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BLOOD; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869001855     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001855     Document Type: Article

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