Multiple infection with Plasmodium and helminths in communities of low and relatively high socio-economic status

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 277-293

  Tshikuka, J G ^a   Scott, M E ^a   Gray Donald, K ^a   Kalumba, O N ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Cliniques Universitaire de Lubumbashi   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; HELMINTH; HEMATOCRIT; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; PARASITOSIS; PLASMODIUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SUPERINFECTION; SYMPTOM; TRICHURIS;

EID: 0029937355     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1996.11813053     Document Type: Article

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