The impact of passive chemotherapy on Schistosoma mansoni prevalence and intensity of infection in the Egyptian Nile Delta

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 266-271

  El Sayed, Medhat K ^a   Barakat, Rashida ^b   Farghaly, Azza ^b   El Badway, Amal ^c   Soliman, Nina K ^b   Husein, M Hassan ^d   Miller, F DeWolfe ^e  

^a Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^b High Institute of Public Health Egypt   (Egypt)

^c ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 0030931531     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.57.266     Document Type: Article

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