Soil transmitted helminthiasis in Argentina. A systematic review;Geohelmintiasis en la Argentina. Una revisión sistemática

Medicina (Argentina)

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Socías, M Eugenia ^a,b   Fernández, Anabel ^c   Gil, José F ^d   Krolewiecki, Alejandro J ^d  

^a Fundación Mundo Sano ^*  (Argentina)

^b FUNDACIÓN HUÉSPED   (Argentina)

^c Programa de Cuidados Paliativos del Instituto Nacional del Cáncer   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Ascaris lumbricoides; Hookworms; Soil transmitted helminths; Strongyloides stercoralis; Trichuris trichiura

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CONTROL STRATEGY; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RISK FACTOR; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

EID: 84930014975     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: 16699106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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