The relative contribution of co-infection to focal infection risk in children

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1754, 2013, Pages

  Lello, Joanne ^a   Knopp, Stefanie ^b,c   Mohammed, Khalfan A ^d   Simba Khamis, I ^d   Utzinger, Jürg ^b,c   Viney, Mark E ^e  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Elderly and Children   (Tanzania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood infection; Co infection; Fever; Infection heterogeneity; Infection risk; Soil transmitted helminthiasis

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE CONTROL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HEALTH RISK; HETEROGENEITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFECTIVITY; NEMATODE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 84872240732     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2813     Document Type: Article

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