"Freezing" parasites in pre-Himalayan region, Himachal Pradesh: Experience with mini-FLOTAC

Acta Tropica

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-16

  Barda, Beatrice ^a   Ianniello, Davide ^b   Salvo, Fulvio ^a   Sadutshang, Tsetan ^c   Rinaldi, Laura ^b   Cringoli, Giuseppe ^b   Burioni, Roberto ^a   Albonico, Marco ^d  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c Tibetan Delek Hospital   (India)

^d Ivo de Carneri Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

Helminths; Himachal Pradesh; Intestinal parasites; Protozoa; STH

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROTOZOAN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; FORMOL ETHER CONCENTRATION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE PARASITE; LOOSE FECES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINI FLOTAC; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; VOMITING; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL; FEMALE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIBET;

DHARAMSALA; HIMACHAL PRADESH; INDIA; KANGRA;

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA; VERMES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITES; TIBET;

EID: 84887266955     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.10.008     Document Type: Article

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