Effects of Hygiene and Defecation Behavior on Helminths and Intestinal Protozoa Infections in Taabo, Côte d'Ivoire

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Schmidlin, Thomas ^a,b,c   Hürlimann, Eveline ^a,b,c   Silué, Kigbafori D ^c,d   Yapi, Richard B ^c,d   Houngbedji, Clarisse ^c,e   Kouadio, Bernadette A ^c,f   Acka Douabélé, Cinthia A ^c   Kouassi, Dongo ^c,d   Ouattara, Mamadou ^d   Zouzou, Fabien ^c   Bonfoh, Bassirou ^c   N'Goran, Eliézer K ^c,d   Utzinger, Jürg ^a,b   Raso, Giovanna ^a,b,c  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^e UNIVERSITÉ NANGUI ABROGOUA   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^f Burkina Faso   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; COTE D'IVOIRE; DEFECATION; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; GENDER; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTESTINE INFECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SANITATION; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COTE D'IVOIRE; DEFECATION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HEALTH LITERACY; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ENTAMOEBA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 84879263901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065722     Document Type: Article

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