A Statistical Approach to Schistosome Population Dynamics and Estimation of the Life-Span of Schistosoma Mansoni in Man

Parasitology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 307-316

  Sturrock, R F ^c   Butterworth, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; KENYA; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMAN; KENYA; LONGEVITY; MIDDLE AGE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0028935622     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182000080896     Document Type: Article

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