Intestinal parasitic infections among pregnant women in Venezuela

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Rodríguez Morales, Alfonso J ^a,b   Barbella, Rosa A ^c,d   Case, Cynthia ^e,f   Arria, Melissa ^g   Ravelo, Marisela ^c   Perez, Henry ^h   Urdaneta, Oscar ⁱ   Gervasio, Gloria ^f   Rubio, Nestor ^h   Maldonado, Andrea ^h   Aguilera, Ymora ^h   Viloria, Anna ^h   Blanco, Juan J ^a   Colina, Magdary ^j   Hernández, Elizabeth ^j   Araujo, Elianet ^k   Cabaniel, Gilberto ^c   Benitez, Jesús ^l   Rifakis, Pedro ⁱ  

^a Environmental Health   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^c Salud Miranda   (Venezuela)

^d Institute for Pathology   (Venezuela)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^f Hospital Militar Dr Carlos Arvelo   (Venezuela)

^g Environmental Health   (Venezuela)

^h Sanitary District Cagijal   (Venezuela)

ⁱ Hospital de Emergencia Pérez de León   (Venezuela)

^j HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MARACAIBO   (Venezuela)

^k Chubasquen Hospital   (Venezuela)

^l Direction of Environmental Health   (Venezuela)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ENDOLIMAX; ENDOLIMAX NANA; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HELMINTH; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TRICHURIS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VENEZUELA; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; GESTATIONAL AGE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; FECES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; VENEZUELA;

EID: 33751524064     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: 10980997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/IDOG/2006/23125     Document Type: Article

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