Helminth infection in southern Laos: High prevalence and low awareness

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Phongluxa, Khampheng ^a,b,c   Xayaseng, Vilavanh ^a,b,c   Vonghachack, Youthanavanh ^b,c,e   Akkhavong, Kongsap ^a   Van Eeuwijk, Peter ^b,c,d   Odermatt, Peter ^b,c  

^a Ministry of Health   (Laos)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Institute of Social Anthropology   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Laos)

Author keywords

Health education; Helminth infection; Latrine use; Liver fluke; Raw fish consumption; Soil transmitted helminth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CHILD; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; ODOR; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAW FOOD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOIL; TAENIA; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; NEMATODA; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI; TAENIA; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; LAOS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887344209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-328     Document Type: Article

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