Seroprevalence of Sarcoptes scabiei var canis antibodies among aborigines in peninsular Malasia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-56

  Normaznah, Y ^a   Saniah, K ^a   Nazma, M ^b   Mak, J W ^a   Krishnasamy, M ^a   Lokman Hakim, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^b Hospital for the Aborigines   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RABBIT; RACE; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RABBITS; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0030090578     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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