Community control studies on strongyloides infection in a model island of Okinawa, Japan

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 383-387

  Toma, Hiromu ^a   Shimabukuro, Isao ^a   Kobayashi, Jun ^a   Tasaki, Tsutomu ^b   Takara, Masahiro ^c   Sato, Yoshiya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Okinawa General Health Maintenance Association   (Japan)

^c Kurnejima Family Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; IVERMECTIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PARASITOLOGY; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IVERMECTIN; JAPAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

EID: 0034202147     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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