Epidemiological study of Taenia solium infections in a rural village in Honduras

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 163-171

  Sanchez A L ^a   Gomez, O ^a   Allebeck, P ^b   Cosenza, H ^a   Ljungstrom I ^c  

^a NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF HONDURAS   (Honduras)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARMINIC ACID; FORMALDEHYDE; NICLOSAMIDE; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROWDING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HONDURAS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEROPREVALENCE; STAINING; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS;

TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 0031002197     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1997.11813126     Document Type: Article

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