Epidemiology and control of intestinal parasites with nitazoxanide in children in Mexico

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 384-385

  Diaz, Elvia ^a   Mondragon, Jaime ^b   Ramirez, Enrique ^c   Bernal, Rosamaria ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITAZOXANIDE; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERANCE; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; INFECTION CONTROL; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PARASITOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMEAR; SOCIAL STATUS; TRICHURIS; FECES; HELMINTHIASIS; INTESTINE INFECTION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ASCARIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; PROTOZOA; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MEXICO; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; THIAZOLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041806476     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.68.384     Document Type: Article

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