An epidemiological study on Opisthorchis viverrini infection in Lao villages

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 128-132

  Kobayashi, Jun ^a,b   Vannachone, Bouakham ^b   Sato, Yoshiya ^a   Manivong, Khemphavanh ^c   Nambanya, Simone ^b   Inthakone, Souliya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Ministry of Health   (Laos)

^c Khammouane Provincial Health Office   (Laos)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAOS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LAOS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0034156829     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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