Epidemiology and clinical manifestations of imported schistosomiasis;Epidemiologie und Klinik der importierten Schistosomiasis

Medizinische Klinik

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-12

  Jelinek, Tomas ^a,b   Von Sonnenburg, Frank ^c   Nothdurft, Hans Dieter ^c  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Abt F Infektions Tropenmedizin   (Germany)

^c NONE

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PRAZIQUANTEL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAVEL; TROPICS;

SCHISTOSOMA;

EID: 0031019798     PISSN: 07235003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03042275     Document Type: Article

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