Human cystic echinococcosis in nomads of south-west Islamic Republic of Iran

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-48

  Rafiei, Abdollah ^a   Hemadi, A ^a   Maraghi, S ^a   Kaikhaei, B ^a   Craig, P S ^b  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHILD; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34347356631     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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