Prevalence of intestinal parasites in Isfahan city, central Iran, 2014

Journal of Parasitic Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 679-682

  Jafari, Rasool ^a   Sharifi, Forough ^b   Bagherpour, Bahram ^a   Safari, Marzieh ^c  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Dr Sharifi Medical Lab   (Iran)

^c HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Helminthes; Iran; Parasitic infections; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CHILOMASTIX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDOLIMAX NANA; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE PARASITE; IRAN; LOOSE FECES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITOSIS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAENIA SAGINATA;

EID: 84908542302     PISSN: 09717196     EISSN: 09750703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12639-014-0557-9     Document Type: Article

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