Intestinal parasitic infections among inhabitants of Karaj City, Tehran Province, Iran in 2006-2008

Korean Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 265-268

  Nasiri, Vahid ^a   Esmailnia, Kasra ^a   Karimi, Gholamreza ^a   Nasiri, Mehdi ^b   Akhavan, Omid ^c  

^a RAZI VACCINE AND SERUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b Yadegar Imam High School   (Iran)

^c Society Securing Medical Centers   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blastocystis; Entamoeba; Giardia; Intestinal parasite; Iodamoeba; Iran; Karaj; Trichomonas

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CHILD; CHILOMASTIX MESNILI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOLIMAX NANA; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBIUS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INTESTINE INFECTION; IODAMOEBA BUTSCHLII; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; STRONGLOIDES STERCORALIS; TAENIA PROGLOTTIDS; TRICHOMONAS HOMINIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUKARYOTA; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HELMINTHS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CHILOMASTIX MESNILI; ENDOLIMAX NANA; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBIUS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; IODAMOEBA; IODAMOEBA BUETSCHLII; PROTOZOA; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TAENIA; TRICHOMONAS;

EID: 70349215505     PISSN: 00234001     EISSN: 17380006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2009.47.3.265     Document Type: Article

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