Survey of intestinal parasites among children in Khan Younis Governorate, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Authority

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 116-117

  El Astal, Zakaria ^a  

^a Khan Younis Hospital Laboratory   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Ascaris lumbricoides; Children; Entamoeba coli; Entamoeba histolytica; Enterobius vermicularis; Gaza Palastinian Authority; Giardia lamblia; Hymenolepis nana; Intestinal parasites; Khan Younis Govemorate; Palastine; Prevalence; Trichuris trichiura

Indexed keywords

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

EID: 13644263278     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4172     Document Type: Article

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