Epidemiological study of heterophyiasis among humans in an area of Egypt

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 932-938

  Abou Basha, L M ^a   Abdel Fattah, M ^a   Orecchia, P ^b   Di Cave, D ^b   Zaki, A ^a  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FISH; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FISHES; HETEROPHYIDAE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREMATODE INFECTIONS; WATER;

EID: 0034261515     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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