Soil-transmitted helminthiasis: The relationship between prevalence and classes of intensity of infection

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 262-267

  Montresor, Antonio ^a   à Porta, Natacha ^a   Albonico, Marco ^b   Gabrielli, Albis Francesco ^a   Jankovic, Dina ^c   Fitzpatrick, Christopher ^a   Vercruysse, Jozef ^d   Levecke, Bruno ^d  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Ivo de Carneri Foundation   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Soil transmitted helminths

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTHIASIS; TRICHURIASIS; ANIMAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; FECES; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARASITOLOGY; POVERTY; PROBABILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOIL; STANDARDS; TRANSMISSION;

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; SOIL;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; FECES; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84944072215     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/tru180     Document Type: Article

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