Intestinal parasitic infections in adult patients in KwaZulu-Natal

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 709-711

  Kwitshana, Z L ^a   Tsoka, J M ^a   Mabaso, M L H ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; COCCIDIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENDOLIMAX; ENTAMOEBA; FECES CULTURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; ISOSPORA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SOUTH AFRICA; TRICHURIS;

ADULT; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 57149091574     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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