Prevalence and clustering of soil-transmitted helminth infections in a tribal area in southern India

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1452-1462

  Kaliappan, Saravanakumar Puthupalayam ^a   George, Santosh ^a   Francis, Mark Rohit ^a   Kattula, Deepthi ^a   Sarkar, Rajiv ^a   Minz, Shantidani ^a   Mohan, Venkata Raghava ^a   George, Kuryan ^a   Roy, Sheela ^a   Ajjampur, Sitara Swarna Rao ^a   Muliyil, Jayaprakash ^a   Kang, Gagandeep ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Ascaris; Hookworm; Intestinal parasites; Soil transmitted helminths; Tribal; Trichuris

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEFECATION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; VILLAGE;

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFECATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HAND WASHING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PET ANIMAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; TRICHURIASIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOIL;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 84888010633     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12205     Document Type: Article

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