Control of clonorchiasis in Korea: Effectiveness of health education for community leaders and individuals in an endemic area

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1096-1104

  Oh, Jin Kyoung ^a   Lim, Min Kyung ^a   Yun, E Hwa ^a   Cho, Heeyoun ^a   Park, Eun Young ^a   Choi, Min Ho ^b   Shin, Hai Rim ^c   Hong, Sung Tae ^b  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clonorchis sinensis; Control effectiveness; Endemicity; Field intervention; Health education; Praziquantel

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITIC DISEASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLONORCHIASIS; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; COMMUNITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; FRESHWATER FISH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEADERSHIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REINFECTION; AGED; ANIMAL; CONTROL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTRÔLE DE L'EFFICACITÉ; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCACIÓN SANITARIA; EFECTIVIDAD DEL CONTROL; ENDEMICIDAD; ENDÉMICITÉ; ÉDUCATION À LA SANTÉ; FECES; FIELD INTERVENTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERVENCIÓN DE CAMPO; INTERVENTION SUR LE TERRAIN; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; SOUTH KOREA;

KOREA;

CLONORCHIS SINENSIS;

CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; CONTROL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTRÔLE DE L'EFFICACITÉ; EDUCACIÓN SANITARIA; EFECTIVIDAD DEL CONTROL; ENDEMICIDAD; ENDEMICITY; ENDÉMICITÉ; ÉDUCATION À LA SANTÉ; FIELD INTERVENTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; INTERVENCIÓN DE CAMPO; INTERVENTION SUR LE TERRAIN; PRAZIQUANTEL;

AGED; ANIMALS; CLONORCHIASIS; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84907290321     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12338     Document Type: Article

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