Intestinal helminths in a population of children from the Kashmir valley, India

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 313-317

  Wani, S A ^a   Ahmad, F ^a   Zargar, S A ^b   Dar, P A ^a   Dar, Z A ^a   Jan, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

^b SHER I KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC SULFATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEFECATION HABIT; EDUCATION; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; POPULATION RISK; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; TAENIA SAGINATA; TRICHURIS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROBIUS; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; INTESTINES; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIASIS; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; URBAN POPULATION;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; TAENIA SAGINATA; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 54349122873     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X08019792     Document Type: Article

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