Prevalence and epidemiology of intestinal parasitism, as revealed by three distinct techniques in an endemic area in the Brazilian Amazon

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 413-424

  Valverde, J G ^a   Gomes Silva, A ^a   de Carvalho, C J Moreira ^a   de Souza, D Leles ^a,b   Jaeger, L H ^a   Martins, P P ^a   Meneses, V F ^a   Boia M N ^a   Carvalho Costa, F A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BRAZIL; CHILD; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBIASIS; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 82555181277     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1364859411Y.0000000034     Document Type: Article

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