Nutritional status of soil-transmitted helminthiasis-infected and uninfected children
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Prevalence and Intensity of Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis, Prevalence of Malaria and Nutritional Status of School Going Children in Honduras
BACKGROUND Many small studies have been done in Honduras estimating soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) prevalence but a country-wide study was last done in 2005. The country has the highest burden of malaria among all Central American countries. The present study was done to estimate country-wide STH prevalence and intensity, malaria prevalence and nutritional status in school going children....
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عنوان ژورنال: Paediatrica Indonesiana
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0030-9311,2338-4786
DOI: 10.14238/pi55.3.2015.04