Prevalence and risk factors of soil-transmitted helminth infection in Nepal

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 228-236

  Parajuli, R P ^a,b   Fujiwara, T ^b   Umezaki, M ^a   Konishi, S ^a,c   Takane, E ^a   Maharjan, M ^d   Tachibana, K ^e   Jiang, H W ^f   Pahari, K ^g   Watanabe, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Environment and Public Health Organization (ENPHO)   (Nepal)

^e RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^g Nepal Development Research Institute (NDRI)   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Hygiene; Kato katz technique; Nepal; Risk factors; Soil transmitted helminth infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; HYGIENE; KATO KATZ METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NEMATODE; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOIL; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; UNDERWEIGHT;

HYGIENE; KATO-KATZ TECHNIQUE; NEPAL; RISK FACTORS; SOIL-TRANSMITTED HELMINTH INFECTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASCARIASIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HAND HYGIENE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SHOES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOIL; TRICHURIASIS;

EID: 84896131865     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/tru013     Document Type: Article

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