PREVALENCE OF AMOEBIC LIVER ABSCESS IN RELATION TO SEASON, AGE AND SEX
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 17
Abstract
Amoebic liver abscess is one of the important diseases in tropical third world counties, especially in certain areas where the people drink Toddy an alcoholic beverage extacted from palm trees, it’s available in certain seasons, in these seasons especially late summer to early rainy months the prevalence of Amoebic liver abscess is high, young to middle aged men are more affected than women, since there are many factors why the women are less likely get this disease.
Authors and Affiliations
Valluri Satya Prasad, Manavalla Subrahmanyam
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- DOI 10.18410/jebmh/2015/376
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