Helminth infection in southern Laos: high prevalence and low awareness

BACKGROUND: Helminthiasis is a public health concern in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR, Laos). This study aimed to understand helminth infection and associated risk factors in relation to existing local knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding worm infections in endemic communities. M...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Parasites & vectors 2013-11, Vol.6 (1), p.328-328, Article 328
Hauptverfasser:	Phongluxa, Khampheng, Xayaseng, Vilavanh, Vonghachack, Youthanavanh, Akkhavong, Kongsap, van Eeuwijk, Peter, Odermatt, Peter
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Analysis Animals Ascaris lumbricoides Attitudes attitudes and opinions Chemotherapy Child Child, Preschool Cross-Sectional Studies feces Feces - parasitology Female Focus Groups Food food consumption Health care Health facilities Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Helminthiasis Helminthiasis - epidemiology Helminths - isolation & purification hookworms Host-parasite relationships Households Humans Hygiene ingestion Laos - epidemiology Liver liver flukes Male Medical research Medicine, Experimental men Microscopy Middle Aged Opisthorchis viverrini Population Prevalence Public health raw fish regression analysis Risk factors smell Studies Taenia Towns Trichuris trichiura villages women Young Adult
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