Seroepidemiological study of Toxocara infection in Nepal

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 286-290

  Rai, Shiba Kumar ^a   Uga, Shoji ^b   Ono, Kazuo ^c   Nakanishi, Mamoru ^d   Shrestha, Hari Govinda ^a   Matsumura, Takeo ^b  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Public Health Institute of Hyogo Prefecture   (Japan)

^d FALCO Biosystems   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEPAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 0030154299     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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