Epidemiological and clinical correlates of malaria-helminth co-infections in southern Ethiopia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mulu, Andargachew ^a,b   Legesse, Mengistu ^c   Erko, Berhanu ^c   Belyhun, Yeshambel ^a,b   Nugussie, Demise ^d   Shimelis, Techalew ^d   Kassu, Afework ^a   Elias, Daniel ^e   Moges, Beyene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^e ACE BioSciences AS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Co infection; Ethiopia; Helminthic infections; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHIOPIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; OOCYTE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITEMIA; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POPULATION; RISK REDUCTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCHOOL CHILD; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879831181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-227     Document Type: Article

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