Parasitic infections in Pemba Island schoolchildren

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 294-298

  Albonico, M ^c   Chwaya, H M ^a   Montresor, A ^b   Stolfzfus, R J ^c   Tielsch, J M ^c   Alawi, K S ^a   Savioli, L ^c  

^a Elderly and Children   (Tanzania)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; INTESTINAL HELMINTH; MALARIA; PARASITIC INFECTION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILDREN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMATURIA; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TANZANIA; TRICHURIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALARIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENTS; TANZANIA;

TANZANIA, ZANIBAR;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 0031469971     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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