Correlation between discharged worms and fecal egg counts in human clonorchiasis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Kim, Jae Hwan ^a   Choi, Min Ho ^a   Bae, Young Mee ^a   Oh, Jin Kyoung ^b   Lim, Min Kyung ^b   Hong, Sung Tae ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLONORCHIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; WORM EGG; WORM EXPULSION; WORM INFECTION; ANIMAL; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS;

AGED; ANIMALS; CLONORCHIASIS; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITOLOGY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 80055094012     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001339     Document Type: Article

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