The public health significance of urinary schistosomiasis as a cause of morbidity in two districts in Mali

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 407-413

  Traore, Mamadou ^a   Traore, Hammar A ^b   Kardorff, Rudiger ^c   Diarra, Abdoulaye ^a   Landoure, Aly ^a   Vester, Udo ^c   Doehring, Ekkehard ^d   Bradley, David J ^e  

^a Institut National de Recherche en Sante Publique Mali   (Mali)

^b Hôpital du Point G   (Mali)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d Interdisziplinaeres T   (Germany)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALI; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0031654647     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.407     Document Type: Article

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