Occurrence of Strongyloides stercoralis in Yunnan Province, China, and comparison of diagnostic methods

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Steinmann, Peter ^a   Zhou, Xiao Nong ^b   Du, Zun Wei ^c   Jiang, Jin Yong ^c   Wang, Li Bo ^c   Wang, Xue Zhong ^c   Li, Lan Hua ^b   Marti, Hanspeter ^a   Utzinger, Jürg ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Diseases   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ETHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; AGED; ANIMAL; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY SIZE; FECES; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGAR; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FECES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

EID: 35449000098     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000075     Document Type: Article

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