Intestinal parasitic infection in the Suruí Indians, Brazilian Amazon

Interciencia

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 259-264

  Palhano Silva, Cassius S ^a   Araújo, Adauto J G ^a,b,c   Lourenço, Ana E P ^d   Bastos, Otílio M P ^e   Santos, Ricardo V ^a,f   Coimbra Jr , Carlos E A ^b,g  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIRIO ^*  (Brazil)

^c Medical and Health Sciences   (Brazil)

^d Universidade Federal Fluimmense (UFF)   (Brazil)

^e FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^g INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Epidemiology; Helminth control; Intestinal helminths; Intestinal protozoa; South American Indians

Indexed keywords

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; CAPILLARIA; DIPYLIDIUM CANINUM; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; NEMATODA; PROTOZOA; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; VERMES;

EID: 68849130332     PISSN: 03781844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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