Distribution of human fascioliasis by age and gender among rural population in the Nile Delta, Egypt

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 264-268

  Curtale, Filippo ^a,f   El Wahab Hassanein, Yehia Abd ^b   El Wakeel, Aly ^c   Mas Coma, Santiago ^d   Montresor, Antonio ^e  

^a Ministry of Foreign Affairs   (Italy)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND POPULATION   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRICLABENDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FASCIOLIASIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EGYPT; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0142155584     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/49.5.264     Document Type: Article

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