Wet-days: Are they better indicators of Ascaris infection levels?

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 305-310

  Gunawardena, G S A ^a   Karunaweera, N D ^a   Ismail, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEBENDAZOLE; RAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS; CHILD; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; REINFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORM INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; RAIN; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SRI LANKA; TEMPERATURE;

ASCARIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; VERMES;

EID: 10044281473     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/JOH2004252     Document Type: Article

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