Day-to-day fluctuation of schistosome circulating antigen levels in serum and urine of humans infected with Schistosoma mansoni in Burundi

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 150-154

  Polman, Katja ^a   Engels, Dirk ^a,b   Fathers, Lorraine ^a   Deelder, Andre M ^a   Gryseels, Bruno ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE CONTROL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SERUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0031747385     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.150     Document Type: Article

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