A sero-epidemiologic study on cystic echinococcosis in midwestern region of Turkey

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 350-351

  Cetinkaya, Zafer ^a,c   Ciftci, Ihsan H ^a   Demirel, Reha ^a   Altindis, Mustafa ^a   Ayaz, Erol ^b  

^a AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Maresal Cakmak Military Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHI SQUARE TEST; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 17144377444     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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