Changes in human schistosomiasis levels after the construction of two large hydroelectric dams in central Cote d'Ivoire

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 541-545

  N'Goran, E K ^a   Diabate, S ^b   Utzinger, J ^c   Sellin, B ^d  

^a CHU de Cocody   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b Ctr Univ Form Entomol Med V   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Antananarivo   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAM CONSTRUCTION; HEALTH IMPACT; HYDROELECTRIC; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; COTE D'IVOIRE; INFECTION RATE; LAKE; RIVER; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

CHILD; COTE D'IVOIRE; ECOLOGY; HUMANS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; URINE; WATER;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

EID: 0031424995     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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