Epidemiology of intestinal taeniasis in four, rural, Guatemalan communities

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 157-165

  Allan, J C ^a   Velasquez Tohom, M ^b   Garcia Noval, J ^c   Torres Alvarez, R ^a   Yurrita, P ^a   Fletes, C ^b   De Mata, F ^c   De Soto Alfaro, H ^c   Craig, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Medicos   (Guatemala)

^c Lab Clinico del Hospital General   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS;

EID: 0029920611     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1996.11813039     Document Type: Article

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