Immigrants living in an urban milieu with sanitation in Southern Italy: persistence and transmission of intestinal parasites

Parasitology Research

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1315-1323

  Gualdieri, Luciano ^a   Piemonte, Monica ^b   Alfano, Settimia ^b   Maffei, Rita ^a   Della Pepa, Maria Elena ^b   Rinaldi, Laura ^c   Galdiero, Marilena ^b   Galdiero, Massimiliano ^b   Cringoli, Giuseppe ^c  

^a Ascalesi Hospital   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drug efficacy; FLOTAC; Household; Immigrants; Intestinal parasitosis; Sanitation

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; NICLOSAMIDE; PRAZIQUANTEL; PYRANTEL EMBONATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INTESTINE PARASITE; ITALY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPICAL DISEASE; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; FAMILY SIZE; FECES; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MIGRANT; PARASITOLOGY; SANITATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; ITALY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SANITATION;

EID: 84959115265     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4868-2     Document Type: Article

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