Prevalence and risk factors for infection by opisthorchis viverrini in an urban area of Mahasarakham province, Northeast Thailand

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 4173-4176

  Chaiputcha, Kusumaporn ^a,b   Promthet, Supannee ^a   Bradshaw, Peter ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Chiang Yuen District Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Opisthorchis viverrini; Prevalence; Risk factors; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; THAILAND; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; COOKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THAILAND; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930698430     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2015.16.10.4173     Document Type: Article

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