Intestinal parasitic infections among children in central Albania

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 241-250

  Sejdini, A ^a   Mahmud, R ^a   Lim, Y A L ^a   Mahdy, M ^a   Sejdini, F ^b   Gjoni, V ^c   Xhaferraj, K ^d   Kasmi, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b Bacterological Laboratory   (Albania)

^c Institute of Public Health   (Albania)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CENTER MOTHER TERESA   (Albania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DECREASED APPETITE; DIARRHEA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINAL PARASITIC INFECTION; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TRICHURIS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ALBANIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; EATING DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FECES; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; SOIL;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENTAMOEBA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 79955975175     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485911X12987676649584     Document Type: Article

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