Geographic information systems and the distribution of Schistosoma mansoni in the Nile Delta

Parasitology Today

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 112-119

  Malone, John B ^a   Abdel Rahman, M S ^b   El Bahy, M M ^b   Huh, O K ^b   Shafik, M ^b   Bavia, M ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EGYPT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TEMPERATURE; VECTOR CONTROL;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0031106623     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(97)01009-0     Document Type: Article

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