Schistosomiasis in Lake Malawi

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9037, 1996, Pages 1274-1278

  Cetron, Martin S ^a   Chitsulo, Lester ^b   Sullivan, James J ^a   Pilcher, Joy ^a   Wilson, Marianna ^a   Noh, John ^a   Tsang, Victor C ^a   Hightower, Allen W ^a   Addiss, David G ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b DBMD/NCID/CDC ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; RISK; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SNAIL; TRAVEL;

EID: 0030577220     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)01511-5     Document Type: Article

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