Malaria and hookworm co-infection among pregnant and non-pregnant women in a semi-urban area in Anambra State, Nigeria

World Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-35

  Ekejindu, I M ^a   Okeke, E K ^a   Akah, B ^b   Okpala, E ^b   Ezeagwuna, D A ^a   Onwurah, O ^a  

^a NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b General Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MIXED INFECTION; NIGERIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; URBAN AREA;

EID: 79956343828     PISSN: 18173055     EISSN: 19904061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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