Prevalence and risk factors of soil transmitted helminths among vegetable farmers of Akaki river bank, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Prevalence and risk factors of soil transmitted helminths among vegetable farmers of Akaki river bank, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Published:2024-09-12 Issue:1 Volume:24 Page:
ISSN:1471-2334
Container-title:BMC Infectious Diseases
language:en
Short-container-title:BMC Infect Dis

Author:

Gurmassa Bethelhem Kinfu,Gari Sirak Robele,Solomon Ephrem Tefera,Goodson Michaela L.,Walsh Claire L.,Dessie Bitew K.,Alemu Bezatu Mengistie

Funder

UK Research and Innovation’s Global Challenges Research Fund

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s12879-024-09704-3.pdf

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