Malaria and helminth co-infection and nutritional status of febrile patients in Southern Ethiopia

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-37

  Degarege, Abraham ^a   Animut, Abebe ^a   Legesse, Mengistu ^a   Medhin, Girmay ^a   Erko, Berhanu ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Co infection; Helminth; Plasmodium; Southern Ethiopia; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YOUNG ADULT;

CO-INFECTION; HELMINTH; PLASMODIUM; SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA; UNDERNUTRITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892899577     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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