Hookworm infection and environmental factors in mbeya region, Tanzania: a cross-sectional, population-based study.

• Päätekijät: Helene Riess (Tekijä), Petra Clowes (Tekijä), Inge Kroidl (Tekijä), Dickens O Kowuor (Tekijä), Anthony Nsojo (Tekijä), Chacha Mangu (Tekijä), Steffen A Schüle (Tekijä), Ulrich Mansmann (Tekijä), Christof Geldmacher (Tekijä), Seif Mhina (Tekijä), Leonard Maboko (Tekijä), Michael Hoelscher (Tekijä), Elmar Saathoff (Tekijä)
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• Julkaistu: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: Hookworm disease is one of the most common infections and cause of a high disease burden in the tropics and subtropics. Remotely sensed ecological data and model-based geostatistics have been used recently to identify areas in need for hookworm control. METHODOLOGY: Cross-sectional inter...