Prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminth infections among pre-school age children in 12 kindergartens in Jimma Town, southwest Ethiopia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 225-227

  Dana, Daniel ^a   Mekonnen, Zeleke ^a   Emana, Daniel ^a   Ayana, Mio ^a   Getachew, Mestawet ^a   Workneh, Netsanet ^a   Vercruysse, Jozef ^b   Levecke, Bruno ^b  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Infection intensity; Mass drug administration; Pre school age children; Soil transmitted helminths

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTH INFECTION; ANIMAL; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; FECES; HOOKWORM; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; TRICHURIS;

VERMES;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; TRICHURIS;

EID: 84928881134     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/tru178     Document Type: Article

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