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A Simple Intervention to Prevent Cutaneous Larva Migrans among Devotees of the Nallur Temple in Jaffna, Sri Lanka

BACKGROUND: A cross sectional study conducted during the annual festival at Nallur temple in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, in 2010, showed that the prevalence of cutaneous larva migrants (CLM) among the devotees who performed the side roll ritual was 58.2% (95%CI: 51.2%–65.0%). OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesi...

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Autores principales:	Kannathasan, Selvam, Murugananthan, Arumugam, Rajeshkannan, Nadarajah, de Silva, Nilanthi Renuka
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2013
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3629127/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23613943 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061816

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