An epidemiological study of pleuropulmonary paragonimiasis among pupils in the peri-urban zone of Kumba town, Meme Division, Cameroon

BMC Public Health

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-5

  Moyou Somo, Roger ^a,b   Kefie Arrey, Charles ^b   Dreyfuss, Georges ^c   Dumas, Michel ^c  

^a Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plant Studies Yaounde   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CAMEROON; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CRAB; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NECATOR AMERICANUS; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARAGONIMUS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PLEURISY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; SUPERINFECTION; THORAX PAIN; TRICHURIS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 3042616961     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-3-40     Document Type: Article

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