Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among catering staff of students' canteens at Shiraz, Southern Iran

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 2699-2703

  Neghab, M ^a   Moosavi, S ^a   Moemenbellah Fard, M D ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Catering staff; Food handlers; Helminths; Intestinal parasites; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CHILOMASTIX MESNILI; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA COLI; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA; TAENIA SAGINATA; VERMES;

EID: 33845253136     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2006.2699.2703     Document Type: Article

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