Worm burdens in schistosome infections

Parasitology Today

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 115-119

  Gryseels, Bruno ^a   De Vlas, Sake J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; WORM INFECTION;

EID: 0030022911     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-4758(96)80671-5     Document Type: Article

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