Podoconiosis and Soil-Transmitted Helminths (STHs): Double Burden of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Wolaita Zone, Rural Southern Ethiopia

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Taye, Bineyam ^a   Alemayehu, Bereket ^b   Birhanu, Asaye ^a   Desta, Kassu ^a   Addisu, Sisay ^a   Petros, Beyene ^c   Davey, Gail ^d   Tsegaye, Aster ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b WOLAITA SODO UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHIOPIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PODOCONIOSIS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SHOE;

EID: 84875988784     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002128     Document Type: Article

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