Prevalence and distribution of soil-transmitted helminth infections in India

BMC Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Salam, Nasir ^a   Azam, Saud ^b  

^a AL IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY IMSIU   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Innova CRO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; FECES; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOIL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; FECES; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INDIA; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SOIL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85012922433     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-017-4113-2     Document Type: Article

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