How much human helminthiasis is there in the world?

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 397-403

  Crompton, D W T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCARIASIS; CESTODE; DRACUNCULIASIS; FILARIASIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; MORBIDITY; NEMATODE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TREMATODE; TRICHURIASIS;

ANIMALS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; WORLD HEALTH;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; CESTODA; TREMATODA;

EID: 0033063936     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3285768     Document Type: Review

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