A pilot, serological survey for cystic echinococcosis in north-western Mongolia

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 173-177

  Watson Jones, D L ^a   Craig, P S ^b   Badamochir, D ^c   Rogan, M T ^b   Wen, H ^d   Hind, B ^e  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

^d Xinjiang Medical College   (China)

^e DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DOG; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE HOST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONGOLIA; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SUMMER;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; LETHRINIDAE;

EID: 0030973895     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1997.11813127     Document Type: Article

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