Retrospective analysis of intestinal parasitic infections diagnosed at a University Hospital in Central, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1714-1718

  Alkhalife, Ibrahim S ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SAUDI ARABIA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FECES; GIARDIASIS; INTESTINE INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 39049194941     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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