Prevalence of tinea capitis as well as of asymptomatic carriers in school children in Nablus area (Palestine)

Mycoses

Volumn 45, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 188-194

  Ali Shtayeh, M S ^a,c   Salameh, A A M ^a   Abu Ghdeib, S I ^a   Jamous, Rana M ^a   Khraim, H ^b  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b Private Clinic   (Palestine)

^c Palestinian Authority (West Bank)   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Dermatophyte carriers; Epidemiology; Microsporum canis; Palestine; Tinea capitis; Trichophyton violaceum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHYTE; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS CULTURE; HAIR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MYCOLOGY; PALESTINE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TINEA CAPITIS;

ADOLESCENT; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSPORUM; MIDDLE EAST; PREVALENCE; SCALP; SPORES, FUNGAL; TINEA CAPITIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

CANIS; FUNGI; MICROSPORUM; MICROSPORUM CANIS; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

EID: 0036305847     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2002.00761.x     Document Type: Article

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