Extensive multiparasitism in a village of Yunnan province, People's Republic of China, revealed by a suite of diagnostic methods

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 760-769

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

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Yunnan Institute of Parasitic Diseases   (China)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CHILD; CHINA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITISM; TRICHURIS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; PROTOZOA; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 45349101935     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.760     Document Type: Article

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