Geographic clustering and seroprevalence of schistosomiasis in Puerto Rico (1995)

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 107-112

  Tsang, Victor C W ^a,b   Hillyer, George V ^a,d   Noh, John ^c   Vivas Gonzalez, Beatriz E ^c   Ahn, Lisa H ^a   Pilcher, Joy B ^a,c   Hightower, Allen W ^b   Deseda, Carmen ^d   De Melecio, Carmen Feliciano ^d  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^c Department of Health ^*  (Puerto Rico)

^d Carmen Deseda and Carmen Feliciano de Melecio   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUERTO RICO; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE;

DOMINGOA HAEMATOCHILA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0031035041     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.56.107     Document Type: Article

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