Ascaris lumbricoides and Ascariasis: Estimating Numbers Infected and Burden of Disease

Ascaris: The Neglected Parasite

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 343-362

  Brooker, Simon J ^a   Pullan, Rachel L ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ascariasis; Ascaris lumbricoides; Disability adjusted life years; Disease burden; Mortality; Numbers infected; Transmission limits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882656544     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-396978-1.00013-6     Document Type: Chapter

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