Prevalence and spatial distribution of Entamoeba histolytica/dispar and Giardia lamblia among schoolchildren in Agboville area (Côte d'ivoire)

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ouattara, Mamadou ^a   N'Guéssan, Nicaise A ^a   Yapi, Ahoua ^a   N'Goran, Eliézer K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALBENDAZOLE; DRINKING WATER; FORMALDEHYDE; TAP WATER;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTESTINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE CONTROL; PATHOGENESIS; POND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; ANIMAL; COTE D'IVOIRE; FEMALE; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHILD; COTE D'IVOIRE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 76249115870     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000574     Document Type: Article

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