Capillaria philippinensis in Upper Egypt: Has it become endemic?

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 126-133

  Attia, Rasha A H ^a   Tolba, Mohammed E M ^a   Yones, Doaa A ^a   Bakir, Hanaa Y ^a   Eldeek, Hanan E M ^a   Kamel, Shereef ^a  

^a Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARIA; CAPILLARIA PHILIPPENSIS; CAPILLARIA PHILIPPINENSIS INFECTION; CHILD; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEMATODIASIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCHOOL CHILD; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CAPILLARIA; CHILD; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENOPLIDA INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED;

CAPILLARIA;

EID: 84855667908     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0321     Document Type: Article

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