Comparative study on waterborne parasites between Malaysia and Thailand: A new insight

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 682-689

  Kumar, Thulasi ^a   Onichandran, Subashini ^a   Lim, Yvonne A L ^a   Sawangjaroen, Nongyao ^b   Ithoi, Init ^a   Andiappan, Hemah ^a   Salibay, Cristina C ^c   Dungca, Julieta Z ^d   Chye, Tan Tian ^a   Sulaiman, Wan Y W ^a   Lau, Yee Ling ^a   Nissapatorn, Veeranoot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^d Philippine Nursing Research Society   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GIARDIA; HELMINTH; HOOKWORM; HOUSEHOLD; LAKE; MALAYSIA; METEOROLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOZOON; RIVER; SCHISTOSOMA; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; THAILAND; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; ASCARIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GIARDIA; LAKES; MALAYSIA; OOCYSTS; RIVERS; SCHISTOSOMA; THAILAND; WATER;

EID: 84898730830     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0266     Document Type: Article

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