Epidemiology of intestinal nematodes in school-age children of the Kumba urban area, South West Cameroon

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 559-564

  Ndamukong, K J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON;

ADOLESCENT; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; SEASONS;

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