Soil transmitted helminth parasites of humans in a city in southwestern Nigeria

Helminthologia

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 203-208

  Mafiana, C F ^a   Sodipe, M B ^a   Koleoso, B I ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Ascaris lumbricoides; Environmental sanitation; Hookworm; Intensity of infection; Prevalence; Trichuris trichiura

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032272221     PISSN: 04406605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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