Nutritional status, intestinal parasite infection and allergy among school children in Northwest Ethiopia

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Amare, Bemnet ^a   Ali, Jemal ^a   Moges, Beyene ^a   Yismaw, Gizachew ^a   Belyhun, Yeshambel ^a   Gebretsadik, Simon ^a   Woldeyohannes, Desalegn ^a   Tafess, Ketema ^a   Abate, Ebba ^a   Endris, Mengistu ^a   Tegabu, Desalegn ^a   Mulu, Andargachew ^a   Ota, Fusao ^b   Fantahun, Bereket ^a   Kassu, Afework ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b Seto Medical Check Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergy; Ethiopia; Nutritional status; Parasite infection

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALLERGY; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; ENTAMOEBA; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; ETHIOPIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONII; SCHOOL CHILD; STRONGLOIDS STECOLARIS; STUNTING; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRICHURIS;

EID: 84872156762     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-13-7     Document Type: Article

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