Prevalence of gastrointestinal helminthic infections and associated risk factors among schoolchildren in Tilili town, northwest Ethiopia

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 525-530

  Abera, Alamneh ^a   Nibret, Endalkachew ^a  

^a BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Intestinal helminthes; Prevalence; Risk factors; Tilili town

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ETHIOPIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; FECES; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; PARASITOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84904742048     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(14)60088-2     Document Type: Article

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