The distribution of helminth infections along the coastal plain of Kwazulu-Natal province, South Africa

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 859-868

  Appleton, C C ^a   Maurihungirire, M ^a   Gouws, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; MOZAMBIQUE; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NONHUMAN; SOUTH AFRICA; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TRICHURIS;

EID: 0033393180     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1999.11813493     Document Type: Article

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