A cross-sectional study of intestinal parasitic infections in a rural district of west China

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 159-162

  Tang, Ning ^a,b   Luo, Nian Ji ^a  

^a SHENZHEN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amoebiasis; Ancylostoma duodenale; Ascaris lumbriocoides; Clonorchiasis, Fecal parasites; Giardiasis; Rural China

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; CHINA; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; INCOME; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; INTESTINE PARASITOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TRICHURIS;

EID: 0038338956     PISSN: 11802332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2003/721930     Document Type: Article

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