%0 Journal Article
%T Intestinal parasites, growth and physical fitness of schoolchildren in poor neighbourhoods of Port Elizabeth, South Africa: a cross-sectional survey
%A Bruce P. Damons
%A Cheryl Walter
%A Christian Schindler
%A Harald Seelig
%A Ivan M¨¹ller
%A J¨¹rg Utzinger
%A Markus Gerber
%A Nan S. N. Htun
%A Nicole Probst-Hensch
%A Peiling Yap
%A Peter Steinmann
%A Rosa du Randt
%A Uwe P¨¹hse
%J Archive of "Parasites & Vectors".
%D 2016
%R 10.1186/s13071-016-1761-5
%X As traditional lifestyle and diets change with social and economic development, disadvantaged communities in low- and middle-income countries increasingly face a double burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases. We studied the relationship between physical fitness and infections with soil-transmitted helminths (STHs), intestinal protozoa and Helicobacter pylori among schoolchildren in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
%K Anthropometric indicators
%K Haemoglobin
%K Intestinal polyparasitism
%K Intestinal protozoa
%K Physical fitness
%K Soil-transmitted helminths
%K South Africa
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5011914/