Prevalence survey of schistosomiasis in Mindanao and the Visayas, The Philippines

Parasitology International

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 246-251

  Leonardo, Lydia R ^a   Rivera, Pilarita ^a   Saniel, Ofelia ^a   Villacorte, Elena ^a   Crisostomo, Bobby ^b   Hernandez, Leda ^c   Baquilod, Mario ^c   Erce, Edgardo ^c   Martinez, Ruth ^c   Velayudhan, Raman ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^b National Mapping and Resource Information Authority   (Philippines)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Philippines)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cluster sampling; Helminth infections; Kato Katz technique; National prevalence survey; Schistosomiasis; The Philippines

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FISHERMAN; FISHING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOSIS; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA;

JAPONICA; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 44949223326     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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