Are intestinal parasites fuelling the rise in dual burden households in Venezuela?

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 119-123

  Ponce, Maiza Campos ^a   Incani, Renzo Nino ^b   Pinelli, Elena ^c   Kulve, Nikki ten ^a   Ramak, Robbert ^a   Polmana, Katja ^a,d   Doaka, Colleen Marie ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dual burden; Geohelminths; Giardia lamblia; Overweight obesity; Stunting; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HELMINTH; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PARASITOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; STUNTING; VENEZUELA; FECES; GIARDIASIS; GROWTH DISORDER; HELMINTHIASIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PILOT STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; GROWTH DISORDERS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PILOT PROJECTS; RURAL POPULATION; VENEZUELA; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880476969     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trs014     Document Type: Article

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