Population-based survey of taeniasis along the United States-Mexico border

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 325-333

  Barton Behravesh, C ^a,g   Mayberry, L F ^b   Bristol, J R ^c   Cardenas, V M ^c   Mena, K D ^c   Martinez Ocana J ^d   Flisser, A ^e   Snowden, K F ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL GENERAL DR MANUEL GEA GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CESTODE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLOTATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; TAENIA; TAENIASIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; TAENIA; TAENIASIS; TEXAS;

CESTODA; TAENIA; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 45849099821     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485908X300788     Document Type: Article

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