The incidence, intensity and host morbidity of human parasitic protozoan infections in gastrointestinal disorder outpatients in Buea Sub Division, Cameroon

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 038-043

  Mbuh, Judith V ^a   Ntonifor, Helen N ^a   Ojong, James T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Intensity; Intestinal protozoans; Morbidity; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSENTERY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMEAR; URBAN AREA; WEAKNESS; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENTAMOEBA; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENT; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DYSENTERY; ENTAMOEBA; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTPATIENTS; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 76149088435     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.82     Document Type: Article

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