Ascaris lumbricoides infection and its relation to environmental factors in the Mbeya region of Tanzania, a cross-sectional, population-based study.

Autor: Schüle SA; Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany; Institute for Medical Bioinformatics, Biometry, and Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany; Department of Social Epidemiology, Institute for Public Health and Nursing Research, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany., Clowes P; NIMR-Mbeya Medical Research Center (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania., Kroidl I; Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany; NIMR-Mbeya Medical Research Center (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania., Kowuor DO; NIMR-Mbeya Medical Research Center (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania., Nsojo A; NIMR-Mbeya Medical Research Center (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania., Mangu C; NIMR-Mbeya Medical Research Center (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania., Riess H; Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany; Institute for Medical Bioinformatics, Biometry, and Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany., Geldmacher C; Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany; German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Munich, Munich, Germany., Laubender RP; Institute for Medical Bioinformatics, Biometry, and Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany., Mhina S; Mbeya Regional Medical Office, Mbeya, Tanzania., Maboko L; NIMR-Mbeya Medical Research Center (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania., Löscher T; Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany., Hoelscher M; Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany; NIMR-Mbeya Medical Research Center (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania; German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Munich, Munich, Germany., Saathoff E; Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical Center of the University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany; German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Munich, Munich, Germany.

Publikováno v: PloS one [PLoS One] 2014 Mar 18; Vol. 9 (3), pp. e92032. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Mar 18 (Print Publication: 2014).

Malaria hotspot areas in a highland Kenya site are consistent in epidemic and non-epidemic years and are associated with ecological factors.

Autor: Ernst KC; University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. kacey.ernst@gmail.com, Adoka SO, Kowuor DO, Wilson ML, John CC

Publikováno v: Malaria journal [Malar J] 2006 Sep 13; Vol. 5, pp. 78. Date of Electronic Publication: 2006 Sep 13.