Helminth infections, morbidity indicators and schistosomiasis treatment history in three villages, Dongting Lake region, PR china

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 464-474

  Booth, Mark ^a   Li, Yuesheng ^b   Tanner, Marcel ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b HUNAN INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

Author keywords

Ascaris lumbricoides; Prevalence of infection; Prevalence of morbidity; Schistosoma japonicum; Trichuris trichiura

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 0029789228     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1996.d01-93.x     Document Type: Article

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