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Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among primary schoolchildren in areas devoid of sanitation in northwestern Kingdom of Swaziland, Southern Africa

Chia-Kwung FanDepartment of ParasitologySchool of Medicine;Graduate Institute of Medical SciencesCollege of Medicine;Center for International Tropical MedicineCorrespondence[email protected]
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Chien-Wei LiaoDepartment of ParasitologySchool of Medicine
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Shu-Yu LyuSchool of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
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Hosea SukatiNational Clinical Laboratories and National Blood ProgrammeManzini, Swaziland
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Da-Der JiLaboratory of Parasitic DiseasesCenter for Diseases Control, Department of Health, Taiwan
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Chia-Mei ChoDepartment of ParasitologySchool of Medicine
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Jien-Yu JienDepartment of ParasitologySchool of Medicine
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Ying-Chieh HuangDepartment of ParasitologySchool of Medicine
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Peter Wu-Shou ChangSchool of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
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Wen-Ta ChiuDepartment of NeurosurgerySchool of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
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Takeshi NaraDepartment of Molecular and Cellular ParasitologyJuntendo University School of Medicine, Japan
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Akiko TsubouchiDepartment of Molecular and Cellular ParasitologyJuntendo University School of Medicine, Japan
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Ya-Hsin HuangTaiwan Medical Mission in Kingdom of Swaziland, Mbabane, Swaziland
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Chi-Chen TuTaiwan Medical Mission in Kingdom of Swaziland, Mbabane, Swaziland
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Shu-Jan J LanSchool of Nutrition and Health Sciences, College of Public Health and Nutrition, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Jane Chen-Jui ChaoSchool of Nutrition and Health Sciences, College of Public Health and Nutrition, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Pages 60-62 | Published online: 12 Nov 2013

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