Risk factors for Opisthorchis viverrini infection among schoolchildren in Lao PDR

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 574-585

  Tomokawa, Sachi ^a   Kobayashi, Toshio ^b   Pongvongsa, Tiengkham ^c   Nisaygnang, Bangon ^d   Kaneda, Eiko ^e   Honda, Sumihisa ^f   Moji, Kazuhiko ^g   Boupha, Boungnong ^d  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Station of Malariology Parasitology and Entomology   (Laos)

^d National Institute of Public Health   (Laos)

^e TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lao PDR; Opisthorchis viverrini; Risk factors; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868138489     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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