Human helminthiasis in Wondo Genet, southern Ethiopia, with emphasis on geohelminthiasis

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 333-344

  Erko, Berhanu ^a   Medhin, Girmay ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; ETHIOPIA; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SOIL; TRICHURIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; SOIL; TRICHURIS;

EID: 3843078648     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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