Clinical investigation of a population recently infected with Schistosoma mansoni (Richard-Toll, Senegal)

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-198

  Kongs, A ^a   Verle P ^a,b,e   Dieng, A ^c   Talla, I ^c   Rouquet, Ph ^d  

^a VVOB   (Belgium)

^b Prnc Leopold Inst Trop Med N   (Belgium)

^c Centre Santé de Richard Toll   (Senegal)

^d French Co operation   (Senegal)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Praziquantel; Schistosoma mansoni; Senegal

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENEGAL;

EID: 0029886035     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.1996.tb00025.x     Document Type: Article

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