Intestinal parasitism in pediatric oncology children receiving chemotherapy: unexpected low prevalence

Background: Children with underlying malignancies and those on chemotherapy are at risk for having intestinal parasitic infections, which can lead to a severe course and death. This cross-sectional study was done to assess the copro-parasitological and copro-molecular prevalence of entero-parasites...

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Main Authors: Ayman A. El-Badry, Samar S. El Sayed, Rafiaa R. Hussein, Youssef M. Said, Abeer S. Al-Antably, Marwa A. Hassan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-08-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844019358888