Presence of very high prevalence and intensity of infection with Fasciola hepatica among Aymara children from the Northern Bolivian Altiplano

Acta Tropica

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-14

  Esteban, José Guillermo ^a   Flores, Angela ^a   Aguirre, Carlos ^a   Strauss, Wilma ^b   Angles, René ^b   Mas Coma, Santiago ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Instituto Nacional de Laboratorios en Salud   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Children; Fasciola hepatica; Intensity; Northern Altiplano; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; BOLIVIA; CHILD; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; AYMARA; BALANTIDIUM COLI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.; DIENTAMOEBA FRAGILIS; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HEPATICA; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; PROTOZOA; TAENIA; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 0030914174     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(97)00669-4     Document Type: Article

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