Patterns of infection with Schistosoma haematobium in lakeside resettlement communities at the Oyan Reservoir in Ogun State, south-western Nigeria

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 187-197

  Ofoezie, I E ^a   Asaulu, S O ^a   Christensen, N O ^b   Madsen, H ^b  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEINURIA; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 0030985697     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1997.11813129     Document Type: Article

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