Correlation between malaria incidence and prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths in Colombia: An ecologic evaluation;Correlación entre la incidencia de malaria y la prevalencia de las geohelmintiasis en Colombia: Enfoque ecológico

Biomedica

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 501-508

  Valencia, Carlos Andrés ^a   Fernández, Julián Alfredo ^a   Cucunubá, Zulma Milena ^b   Reyes, Patricia ^a   López, Myriam Consuelo ^a   Duque, Sofía ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Ecological studies; Epidemiologic factors; Helminthes; Malaria epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 79953805751     PISSN: 01204157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7705/biomedica.v30i4.288     Document Type: Article

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