Diversity of human intestinal helminthiasis in Lao PDR

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 247-254

  Sayasone, Somphou ^a,b   Vonghajack, Youthanavane ^c   Vanmany, Monely ^b   Rasphone, Oroth ^d   Tesana, Smarn ^e   Utzinger, Jürg ^a   Akkhavong, Kongsap ^b   Odermatt, Peter ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Ministry of Health   (Laos)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Laos)

^d MAHOSOT HOSPITAL   (Laos)

^e KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Food borne trematodiasis; Haplorchis taichui; Lao PDR; Opisthorchis viverrini; Polyparasitism; Purging

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHINOCHASMUS JAPONICUS; ENTEROPATHY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAPLORCHIS PUMILIO; HAPLORCHIS TAICHUI; HAPLORCHIS YOKOGAWAI; HELMINTHIASIS; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HOOKWORM; INTESTINE INFECTION; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MIXED INFECTION; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHANEROPSOLUS BONNEI; PROSTHODENDRIUM MOLENKAMPI; PUBLIC HEALTH; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TAENIA; TREMATODE; TRICHURIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMORBIDITY; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LAOS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; YOUNG ADULT;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ECHINOCHASMUS; HAPLORCHIS PUMILIO; HAPLORCHIS TAICHUI; HAPLORCHIS YOKOGAWAI; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI; PROSTHODENDRIUM; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TAENIA; TREMATODA; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 61349157943     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

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