Health-related quality of life among school children with parasitic infections: findings from a national cross-sectional survey in Côte d'Ivoire.

• Main Authors: Eveline Hürlimann (Author), Clarisse A Houngbedji (Author), Richard B Yapi (Author), Prisca B Ndri (Author), Kigbafori D Silué (Author), Gotianwa Soro (Author), Ferdinand N Kouamé (Author), Thomas Fürst (Author), Jürg Utzinger (Author), Eliézer K N'Goran (Author), Giovanna Raso (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Parasitic infections are still of considerable public health relevance, notably among children in low- and middle-income countries. Measures to assess the magnitude of ill-health in infected individuals, however, are debated and patient-based proxies through generic health-related quality of life (H...