Cross-sectional Study of the Burden of Vector-Borne and Soil-Transmitted Polyparasitism in Rural Communities of Coast Province, Kenya

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Bisanzio, Donal ^a   Mutuku, Francis ^a,b   Bustinduy, Amaya L ^c   Mungai, Peter L ^d   Muchiri, Eric M ^e   King, Charles H ^d   Kitron, Uriel ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MOMBASA   (Kenya)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MOSQUITO; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT; ANIMAL; COINFECTION; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; PARASITIC DISEASES; PARASITOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; PARASITIC DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905474647     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002992     Document Type: Article

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