Female genital schistosomiasis due to Schistosoma haematobium. Clinical and parasitological findings in women in rural Malawi

Acta Tropica

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 239-255

  Kjetland, Eyrun Floerecke ^a   Poggensee, Gabriele ^b   Helling Giese, Gertrud ^c   Richter, Joachim ^b   Sjaastad, Aimee ^a   Chitsulo, Lester ^d   Kumwenda, Newton ^d   Gundersen, Svein Gunnar ^a   Krantz, Ingela ^e,f   Feldmeier, Hermann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d Ministry of Health and Environmental Affairs   (Malawi)

^e NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

biopsy; cervix; colposcopy; diagnosis; female genital schistosomiasis; Malawi; neovascularisation; Schistosomiasis haematobium; vagina; vulva; women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; COLPOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; RURAL AREA; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; UTERINE CERVIX; VAGINA; VULVA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CERVIX UTERI; COLPOSCOPY; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAWI; MIDDLE AGED; OVUM; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; VAGINA; VULVA;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 0030607735     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(96)00026-5     Document Type: Article

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