Childhood Cryptosporidium infection among aboriginal communities in Peninsular Malaysia

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-143

  Al Mekhlafi, H M ^a,b   Mahdy, M A K ^a,b   Azlin, M Y ^a   Fatmah, M S ^a   Norhayati, M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS;

COCCIDIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM;

EID: 79952669323     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485911X12899838683368     Document Type: Article

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