Nitazoxanide in the treatment of Ascaris lumbricoides in a rural zone of Colima, Mexico

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 255-259

  Galvan Ramirez, M L ^a   Rivera, N ^a   Loeza, M E ^a   Avila, X ^a   Acero, J ^a   Troyo, R ^a   Bernal, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITAZOXANIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MORBIDITY; NAUSEA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MEXICO; PREVALENCE; THIAZOLES;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES;

EID: 34548685921     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X07747466     Document Type: Article

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