Epidemiology of human hookworm infections among adult villagers in Hejiang and Santai Counties, Sichuan Province, China

Acta Tropica

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 243-249

  Changhua, Liu ^a   Xiaorong, Zhang ^a   Dongchuan, Qiu ^a   Shuhua, Xiao ^b   Hotez, P J ^c   Defu, Zhen ^a   Hulian, Zhen ^a   Mingden, Li ^a   Hainan, Ren ^b   Bing, Zhan ^b   Haichou, Xue ^b   Hawdon, J ^c   Zheng, Feng ^b  

^a Sichuan Inst of Parasitic Diseases   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancylostoma duodenale; Epidemiology; Necator americanus; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; PYRANTEL EMBONATE;

HEALTH STATUS; MONITORING; PARASITE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; ELDERLY CARE; FECES ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMIASIS; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; ASCARIASIS; CHINA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NECATORIASIS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; PYRANTEL; RURAL HEALTH; TRICHURIASIS;

CHINA;

ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS; NECATOR AMERICANUS; TRICHURIS;

EID: 0032723989     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(99)00035-2     Document Type: Article

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