The Northern Bolivian Altiplano: A region highly endemic for human fascioliasis

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 454-467

  Mas Coma, Santiago ^a   Angles R ^b   Esteban, J G ^a   Bargues, M D ^a   Buchon, P ^a,c   Franken, M ^d   Strauss, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b INLASA 'Nestor Morales Villazon'   (Bolivia)

^c Programa de Fomento Lechero   (Bolivia)

^d Instituto de Ecologia   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Bolivian Altiplano; Boundaries; Distributional characteristics; Fasciola hepatica; Human fascioliasis endemic region

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; HUMAN; LYMNAEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BOLIVIA; CATTLE; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES; HUMANS; LYMNAEA; PREVALENCE; SHEEP;

BOLIVIA;

BOS TAURUS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FOSSARIA TRUNCATULA; GASTROPODA; HEPATICA; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEIDAE;

EID: 0032793594     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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