Prevalence of intestinal parasites in rural Southern Indians

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 70-75

  Kang, Gagandeep ^a   Mathew, Mary S ^a   Rajan, D Prasanna ^a   Daniel, Jasper D ^a   Mathan, Minnie M ^a   Mathan, V I ^a   Muliyil, J P ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

India; Intestinal parasites; Parasite prevalence

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

HELMINTHIC INFECTION; INTESTINAL PARASITE; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INDIA; INFANT; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; ASCARIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBIUS; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; HYMENOLEPIS; INDIA; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; RURAL POPULATION; STRONGYLOIDES; TRICHURIS;

INDIA, (SOUTH);

EID: 0031890625     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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