Epidemiology of human geohelminth infections (Ascariasis, Trichuriasis and Necatoriasis) in Lushui and Puer counties, Yunnan province, China

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 448-453

  Zhang, Lili ^a   Zhang, Bingxiang ^a   Tao, Hong ^a   Xiao, Shuhua ^b   Hotez, Peter ^c   Zhan, Bing ^b   Li, Yangzhong ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Xue, Haichou ^b   Hawdon, John ^c   Yu, Hui ^a   Wang, Huizhen ^a   Feng, Zhen ^b  

^a Sanitary Anti epidem Stn Yunnan P ^*

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HELMINTH; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; TRICHURIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECATORIASIS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; TRICHURIASIS;

EID: 0041525955     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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