Ultrasonographic assessment of Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium morbidity in Zimbabwean schoolchildren

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 290-294

  Friis, Henrik ^a   Ndhlovu, Patricia ^b   Kaondera, Kizito ^b   Franke, Doris ^b   Vennervald, Birgitte Jyding ^b   Christensen, Niels Ornbjerg ^b   Doehring, Ekkehard ^b  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; ZIMBABWE;

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 0029744270     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.290     Document Type: Article

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