Survey of intestinal parasites among an aboriginal community in Salta;Investigation de parasitos intestinales en una comunidad aborigen de la Provincia de Salta

Medicina

Volumn 67, Issue 6 II, 2007, Pages 705-708

  Menghi, Claudia I ^a,b   Iuvaro, Franco R ^a   Dellacasa, Maria A ^a   Gatta, Claudia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aboriginal communities; Argentina; Intestinal parasitoses; Salta

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HELMINTH; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; PARASITOSIS; PROTOZOON; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SCREENING TEST; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; WATER SUPPLY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANIMAL; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTHIASIS; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SANITATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 38449112925     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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