Estimating the distribution of worm burden and egg excretion of Schistosoma japonicum by risk group in Sichuan Province, China

Parasitology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 221-231

  Hubbard, A ^a   Liang, S ^a   Maszle, D ^a   Qiu, D ^a   Gu, X ^a   Spear, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; Parasite burden; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHINA; FECES ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIRACIDIUM; OCCUPATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CHINA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; TREMATODA;

EID: 0036736526     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118200200207X     Document Type: Article

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