Strongyloidiasis in a high risk community of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 756-762

  Sultana, Yasmin ^a,b   Gilbert, Gwendolyn L ^a,b   Ahmed, Be Nazir ^c   Lee, Rogan ^a,b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Copro prevalence; Seroprevalence; Slum; Strongyloides stercoralis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION RISK; LARVA; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BANGLADESH; COINFECTION; DELTARETROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FECES; HAND DISINFECTION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; NEGLECTED DISEASES; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

FILARIA; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

EID: 84869870309     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2012.08.011     Document Type: Article

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