Frequency of Giardia lamblia among children in Dohuk, northern Iraq

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 555-561

  Al Saeed, A T ^a   Issa, S H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUHOK   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CESTODIASIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORPHANAGE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DYSENTERY, AMEBIC; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; HYMENOLEPIASIS; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAQ; MALE; ORPHANAGES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SCHOOLS; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33847638821     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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