Prevalence of intestinal parasites in Lorestan Province, West of Iran

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease

Volumn 4, Issue S2, 2014, Pages S728-S732

  Badparva, Ebrahim ^a   Kheirandish, Farnaz ^a   Ebrahimzade, Farzad ^a  

^a LORESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Helminthes; Intestinal parasite; Lorestan; Protozoan

Indexed keywords

SOAP;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDOLIMAX NANA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HAND WASHING; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; INFECTION RATE; INTESTINE PARASITE; IODAMOEBA BUTSCHLII; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS HOMINIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908503819     PISSN: 22221808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2222-1808(14)60716-7     Document Type: Article

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