Prevalence and clinical relevance of helminth co-infections among tuberculosis patients in urban Tanzania

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Mhimbira, Francis ^a,b,c   Hella, Jerry ^a,b,c   Said, Khadija ^a,b,c   Kamwela, Lujeko ^a   Sasamalo, Mohamed ^a,b,c   Maroa, Thomas ^a   Chiryamkubi, Magreth ^d   Mhalu, Grace ^a,b,c   Schindler, Christian ^b,c   Reither, Klaus ^a,b,c   Knopp, Stefanie ^b,c,e   Utzinger, Jürg ^b,c   Gagneux, Sébastien ^b,c   Fenner, Lukas ^a,b,c,f  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Elderly and Children   (Tanzania)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HELMINTHIASIS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TANZANIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COINFECTION; GENETICS; HELMINTH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; SPUTUM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; COINFECTION; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SPUTUM; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85014524610     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005342     Document Type: Article

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