Trichuris vulpis and T. trichiura infections among schoolchildren of a rural community in northwestern Thailand: The possible role of dogs in disease transmission

Asian Biomedicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-60

  Areekul, Pannatat ^a   Putaporntip, Chaturong ^a   Pattanawong, Urassaya ^a   Sitthicharoenchai, Prasert ^a   Jongwutiwes, Somchai ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

PCR; Thailand; Trichuris trichiura; Trichuris vulpis

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGG; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESERVOIR; RURAL POPULATION; THAILAND; TRICHURIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 77957931940     PISSN: 19057415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/abm-2010-0006     Document Type: Article

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