Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in northern Vietnam

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 961-964

  Verle, P ^a,d   Kongs, A ^a,b,e   De, N V ^c   Thieu, N Q ^c   Depraetere, K ^b,f   Kim, H T ^c   Dorny, P ^b  

^a Belgian Technical Cooperation   (Viet Nam)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Inst Malariology   (Viet Nam)

^d Belgian Technical Cooperation   (Belgium)

^e Nganampa Health Council ^*  (Belgium)

^f Nganampa Health Council   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intestinal parasites; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ETHNIC MINORITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITE PREVALENCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILDHOOD; CLONORCHIASIS; CLONORCHIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEMATODE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOSIS; SENESCENCE; SEX RATIO; TAENIA; TRICHURIS; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLONORCHIASIS; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL HEALTH; TOILET FACILITIES; TRICHURIASIS; VIETNAM;

VIET NAM;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CESTODA; CLONORCHIS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; NEMATODA; TAENIA; TREMATODA; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

EID: 0142184469     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01123.x     Document Type: Article

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