Value of hepatosplenic ultrasound for surveillance of endemic Schistosoma mansoni (data from a study conducted in Richard toll, Senegal);Interet de l'echographie hepato-splenique dans la surveillance de l'endemie a Schistosoma mansoni (a propos d'une etude realisee dans la region de Richard toll au Senegal)

Medecine Tropicale

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 271-274

  Lanuit, R ^a   Klotz, F ^a   Delegue, P ^a,b   Ribeau, G ^b   Capron, A ^c  

^a HÔPITAL PRINCIPAL DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^b Programme ESPOIR   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Hepatic schistosomiasis; Ultrasonography; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLENOMEGALY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SENEGAL;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SENEGAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 0030421070     PISSN: 0025682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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