Determining the prevalence of intestinal parasites in three orang asli (aborigines) communities in Perak, Malaysia

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 200-206

  Sinniah, B ^a   Sabaridah, I ^a   Soe, M M ^a   Sabitha, P ^a   Awang, I P R ^a   Ong, G P ^a   Hassan, A K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMEBIASIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENTAMOEBA; ETHNOLOGY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SOIL; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINES; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; PREVALENCE; SOIL; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866312544     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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