Intestinal parasitic infection and associated symptoms in children attending day care centres in Trujillo, Venezuela

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 342-347

  Miller, Steven A ^a,b   Rosario, Carlos Luis ^b   Rojas, Elina ^b   Scorza, Jose Vicente ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Blastocystis hominis; Children; Cryptosporidium parvum; Giardia duodenalis; Intestinal parasites; Prevalence; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH MONITORING; PARASITE;

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DAY CARE; DIARRHEA; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; INFANT; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; STOMACH PAIN; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TRICHURIS; VENEZUELA; VOMITING;

CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENEZUELA;

VENEZUELA;

ASCARIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; PROTOZOA; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 0037399203     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01011.x     Document Type: Article

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