The relationship between morbidity and intensity of Schistosoma japonicum infection of a community in Jiangxi Province, China

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 545-550

  Genming, Zhao ^c   Brinkmann, Uwe K ^c   Qingwu, Jiang ^c   Shaoji, Zhang ^b   Zhide, Liu ^b   Hongchang, Yuan ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jiangxi Prov Inst Parasitic Dis   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHINA; DIARRHEA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DIARRHEA; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031219619     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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