Decreasing intestinal parasites in recent northern California refugees

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 191-197

  Chang, Alicia H ^a   Perry, Sharon ^b   Du, Jenny N T ^c   Agunbiade, Abdulkareem ^d   Polesky, Andrea ^e   Parsonnet, Julie ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c TOURO UNIVERSITY NEVADA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e Tuberculosis Clinic and Refugee Health Assessment Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CHILD; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; DIENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; INFANT; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON; REFUGEE; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PARASITIC DISEASES; REFUGEES; YOUNG ADULT;

GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA; SCHISTOSOMA; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; VERMES;

EID: 84872281437     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0349     Document Type: Article

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