School hygiene and deworming are key protective factors for reduced transmission of soil-transmitted helminths among schoolchildren in Honduras

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gabrie, José Antonio ^a   Rueda, María Mercedes ^b   Canales, Maritza ^b   Gyorkos, Theresa W ^c   Sanchez, Ana Lourdes ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF HONDURAS   (Honduras)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Deworming; Geohelminths; Honduras; Hygiene; Risk factors; Schoolchildren; Soil transmitted helminths

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; SOIL;

ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEWORMING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HONDURAS; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POVERTY; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HYGIENE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTH; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; WORM EXPULSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SCHOOL; SOIL; TRANSMISSION;

VERMES;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HONDURAS; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SANITATION; SCHOOLS; SOIL;

EID: 84906562802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-354     Document Type: Article

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