The non-randomness of the distribution of Trichuris trichiura and Ascaris lumbricoides eggs in faeces and the effect of stirring faecal specimens

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 261-264

  Ye, Xiao Ping ^a   Donnelly, Christl A ^a   Fu, Ying Ling ^b   Wu, Zhong Xing ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Yujiang City Hosp Schistosomiasis   (China)

^c JIANGSU INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

Author keywords

aggregation; helminths

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NONHUMAN; TRICHURIS; VOLUNTEER;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 0030941692     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-259.x     Document Type: Article

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