Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths among an adult population in a war affected area, Southern Kordofan state, Sudan

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Abou Zeid, Alaa Hammad Ali ^a   Abkar, Tigani Abdullah ^b   Mohamed, Rashid Osman ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Ministry of Health   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Household; S. haematobium; S. mansoni; Schistosomiasis; Soil transmitted helminths; Southern Kordofan; Sudan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SUDAN; URINALYSIS; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMANS; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SUDAN; URINE; YOUNG ADULT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; VERMES;

EID: 84863228983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-133     Document Type: Article

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