Epidemiology of human fascioliasis and intestinal parasitosis among schoolchildren in lake Tana Basin, northwest Ethiopia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 480-486

  Fentie, Tsegaw ^a   Erqou, Sebhat ^b   Gedefaw, Molla ^c   Desta, Almaw ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Fasciola; Helminths; Intestinal parasites; Prevalence; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; ETHER; FORMALDEHYDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EGG; ETHIOPIA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE PARASITOSIS; LARVA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RAW FOOD; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDIMENTATION; TROPIC CLIMATE; VEGETABLE;

ETHIOPIA; FASCIOLA; HELMINTHS; INTESTINAL PARASITES; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLCHILDREN;

ADOLESCENT; AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SHEEP; WATER;

EID: 84889010998     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trt056     Document Type: Article

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