The role of pigs as transport hosts of the human helminths Oesophagostomum bifurcum and Necator americanus

Acta Tropica

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-130

  Steenhard, N R ^a   Storey, P A ^b   Yelifari, L ^c   Pit, D S S ^b   Nansen, P ^a   Polderman, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Coprophagia; Hook worm; Human faeces; Necator americanus; Oesophagostomum bifurcum; Pigs; Transport host

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE; PIG; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPROPHAGY; DISEASE CARRIER; FECES ANALYSIS; HOOKWORM; MALE; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; STRONGYLOIDEA; SWINE;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; FECES; FENBENDAZOLE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NECATORIASIS; OESOPHAGOSTOMIASIS; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SWINE;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALIA; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NEMATODA; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM BIFURCUM; STRONGYLOIDEA; SUS SCROFA; VERMES;

EID: 0034684053     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(00)00077-2     Document Type: Article

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