Soil transmitted nematodes in children in buea health district of Cameroon

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 442-445

  Ndenecho, L ^a   Ndamukong, K J N ^a   Matute, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; MEBENDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CAMEROON; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL; SOIL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHURIASIS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0036704659     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v79i8.8832     Document Type: Article

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