Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura infections associated with wastewater and human excreta use in agriculture in Vietnam

Parasitology International

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 172-180

  Pham Duc, Phuc ^a,b,c,d,e   Nguyen Viet, Hung ^a,b,e   Hattendorf, Jan ^b,c   Zinsstag, Jakob ^b,c   Phung Dac, Cam ^d   Zurbrügg, Christian ^e   Odermatt, Peter ^b,c  

^a HANOI UNIVERSITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^e SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Ascaris lumbricoides; Excreta; Helminth infections; Trichuris trichiura; Vietnam; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; CYCLOSPORIASIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VIET NAM; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; VIETNAM; WASTE WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALIA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 84875391356     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: 18730329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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