The epidemiology of polyparasitism and implications for morbidity in two rural communities of Côte d'Ivoire

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hürlimann, Eveline ^a,b,c   Yapi, Richard B ^a,b,c,d   Houngbedji, Clarisse A ^a,b,c,e   Schmidlin, Thomas ^a,b,c   Kouadio, Bernadette A ^c,f   Silué, Kigbafori D ^c,d   Ouattara, Mamadou ^d   N'Goran, Eliézer K ^c,d   Utzinger, Jürg ^a,b   Raso, Giovanna ^a,b,c  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^e UNIVERSITÉ NANGUI ABROGOUA   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^f Université Alassane Ouattara de Bouaké   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Anaemia; C te d'Ivoire; Helminth; Malnutrition; Morbidity; Plasmodium; Polyparasitism; Splenomegaly

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; AMODIAQUINE PLUS ARTESUNATE; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; PARACETAMOL; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANEMIA; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CONCURRENT INFECTION; COTE D'IVOIRE; DIARRHEA; ENDOLIMAX NANA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GROUPS BY AGE; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATOMEGALY; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MID UPPER ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; MIXED INFECTION; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITISM; PARASITOSIS; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; POLYPARASITISM; PROTOZOON; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SPLENOMEGALY; TRICHURIASIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; CHILD; FECES; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; VERMES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; COTE D'IVOIRE; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895928072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-81     Document Type: Article

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