Geographic information system of Opisthorchis viverrini in northeast Thailand

Asian Biomedicine

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 687-691

  Wattanayingcharoenchai, Suwannachai ^a   Nithikathkul, Choosak ^b   Wongsaroj, Thitima ^a   Royal, Louis ^c   Reungsang, Pipat ^d  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b MAHASARAKHAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c HUACHIEW CHALERMPRAKIET UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

GIS; Liver fluke; Northeast Thailand; Opisthorchis viverrini

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CHILD; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; THAILAND; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84866719534     PISSN: 19057415     EISSN: 1875855X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5372/1905-7415.0505.090     Document Type: Article

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