Giardia duodenalis and soil-transmitted helminths infections in children in São Tomé and Príncipe: Do we think giardia when addressing parasite control?

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 106-112

  Ferreira, Filipa Santana ^a   Baptista Fernandes, Teresa ^b   Oliveira, Dinamene ^c   Rodrigues, Rúben ^a   Neves, Edgar ^d   Lima, António ^d   Garrido, Eduardo ^d   Afonso, Guilherme ^d   Zaky, Ahmed ^e   De Freitas, Paulo Telles ^e,f   Atouguia, Jorge ^a   Centeno Lima, Sónia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL EGAS MONIZ   (Portugal)

^c Posto Médico da Sonangol   (Angola)

^d Instituto Marquês de Valle Flor   (Sao Tome and Principe)

^e Marquês de Valle Flôr Institute   (Portugal)

^f HOSPITAL PROF DOUTOR FERNANDO FONSECA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Giardia duodenalis; Preschoolers; Soil transmitted helminths; S o Tom and Pr ncipe

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BALANTIDIUM; BALANTIDIUM COLI; CHILD; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; GIARDIASIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE; SCHISTOSOMA INTERCALATUM; SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTH INFECTION; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; ANIMAL; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FECES; GIARDIA; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SOIL;

SOIL;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SOIL;

EID: 84926462624     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmu078     Document Type: Article

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