Epidemiology of single and multiple species of helminth infections among school children in Busia District, Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 157-161

  Brooker, S ^a   Miguel, E A ^b   Moulin, S ^c   Luoba, A I ^d   Bundy, D A P ^a   Kremer, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; KENYA; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TRICHURIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; PREVALENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TRICHURIASIS;

EID: 0034370136     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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