Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections and risk factors among schoolchildren at the University of Gondar Community School, Northwest Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gelaw, Aschalew ^a   Anagaw, Belay ^a   Nigussie, Bethel ^a   Silesh, Betrearon ^a   Yirga, Atnad ^a   Alem, Meseret ^a   Endris, Mengistu ^a   Gelaw, Baye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Associated risk factors; Ethiopia; Gondar; Intestinal parasites; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOLOGY; FECES; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PARASITE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SIBLING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FECES; FEMALE; HAND HYGIENE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PARASITES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SIBLINGS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875825715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-304     Document Type: Article

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