A Cross-Sectional Study of Ascaris lumbricoides Infection in a Rural Community in Ebonyi State, Nigeria: Prevalence and Risk Factors.

Iran J Public Health

Dept. of Biology/Microbiology/Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo, Ebonyi State, Nigeria ; Dept. of Zoology and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.

Published: October 2015

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