Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among highland and lowland dwellers in Gamo area, South Ethiopia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wegayehu, Teklu ^a,b   Tsalla, Tsegaye ^a   Seifu, Belete ^a   Teklu, Takele ^b,c  

^a ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Control strategies; Intestinal parasites; Parasitism; Protozoan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873938416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-151     Document Type: Article

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