Day-to-day egg count fluctuation in Schistosoma mansoni infection and its operational implications

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 319-324

  Engels, Dirk ^a   Sinzinkayo, Etienne ^b   Gryseels, Bruno ^c  

^a 13 Avenue de Citeaux ^*  (Belgium)

^b Schistosomiasis Res Contr Prog   (Burundi)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0029915983     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.54.319     Document Type: Article

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