Onchocerciasis and reproductive health in Ecuador

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 315-317

  Guderian, Ronald H ^a   Lovato, Raquel ^a   Anselmi, Mariela ^a   Mancero, Tamara ^a   Cooper, Philip J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL VOZANDES   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Abortions; Ecuador; Incidence; Onchocerca volvulus; Onchocerciasis

Indexed keywords

IVERMECTIN;

ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 0030996524     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90089-4     Document Type: Article

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