The global burden of human parasites: Who and where are they? How are they transmitted?

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1056-1064

  Kuris, Armand M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARASITISM; POPULATION SIZE; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAENIA SOLIUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; PARASITES; PARASITIC DISEASES; POVERTY; WORLD HEALTH; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84872172984     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/12-90.1     Document Type: Article

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