Differences in prevalence of geohelminth infections between indigenous and settler populations in a remote Amazonian region of Peru

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 615-618

  Briones Chávez, Carlo ^a   Torres Zevallos, Hernando ^b   Canales, Marco ^c   Stamato, Caroline M ^d   O'Riordan, Thomas G ^d   Terashima, Angélica ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b Unidad de Investigación Multidisciplinaria   (Peru)

^c INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Helminths; Peru; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PROTOZOAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANCYLOSTOMIASIS; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECATORIASIS; NONHUMAN; PERU; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TRICHURIASIS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

AMAZONAS [PERU]; PERU;

PROTOZOA; VERMES;

EID: 84876072355     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12077     Document Type: Article

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