Survey for intestinal parasites in Belize, Central America

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 506-511

  Aimpun, Pote ^a,b   Hshieh, Paul ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b PHRAMONGKUTKLAO HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; DRINKING WATER; FORMALDEHYDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CHILOMASTIX MESNILI; CROWDING; ENDOLIMAX NANA; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HARTMANI; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE PARASITE; IODAMOEBA BEUTSCHLII; ISOSPORA BELLI; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PARASITOSIS; POPULATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SEX RATIO; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TRICHURIS; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 8444244544     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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