Prevalence of intestinal helminth infections in 6-year-old children in 18 municipalities of Puerto Rico
Greenberg, E.R.; Ferguson, F.A.
Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico 63(8): 208-211
1971
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-4849 PMID: 5286894 Document Number: 700082
Examination of faecal specimens from 6, 086 children of 6 years old in Puerto Rico showed 74.7%, 13.4% and 12.1% to be positive for Trichuris, Ascaris and hookworm, respectively. D.A.Cz.
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