Prevalence and factors associated with intestinal parasitic infection among children in an urban slum of Karachi

General Info

Geography

Pakistan (PAK)

Sindh

Coverage type

Subnational

Time period covered

January, 2006 - December, 2006

Data type

Scientific literature

Keywords

Ascariasis, Intestinal infectious diseases, Intestinal nematode infections

Citation

Authors

Mehraj V, Hatcher J, Akhtar S, Rafique G, Beg MA

Journal

PLoS One

Pages

e3680

Publication year

2008

Suggested citation

Mehraj V, Hatcher J, Akhtar S, Rafique G, Beg MA. Prevalence and factors associated with intestinal parasitic infection among children in an urban slum of Karachi. PLoS One. 2008; 3(11): e3680.