Intestinal parasitic infections in HIV/AIDS and HIV seronegative individuals in a Teaching Hospital, Ethiopa

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 41-43

  Hailemariam, Getachew ^a   Kassu, Afework ^a,c   Abebe, Gemeda ^b   Abate, Ebba ^a   Damte, Demekech ^a   Mekonnen, Endris ^a   Ota, Fusao ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BLASTOCYSTIS; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ETHIOPIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HELMINTH; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOON; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCREENING TEST; SEDIMENTATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TAENIA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRICHURIS;

EID: 2542500567     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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