Risk of intestinal helminth and protozoan infection in a refugee population

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 386-391

  Garg, Parveen K ^a   Perry, Sharon ^b   Dorn, Martha ^c   Hardcastle, Laura ^d   Parsonnet, Julie ^b  

^a Grant Building ^*  (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Valley Center   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; ZINC SULFATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENTAMOEBA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; INFANT; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REFUGEE; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TAENIA SAGINATA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRICHURIS; UNITED STATES;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; DIENTAMOEBA FRAGILIS; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; VERMES;

EID: 24644436875     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.386     Document Type: Article

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