Five year impact of chemotherapy on morbidity attributable to Schistosoma japonicum infection in the Dongting Lake region

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 837-841

  Ross, Allen G P ^a,b   Li, Yuesheng ^b,c   Booth, Mark ^d   Sleigh, Adrian C ^b   Williams, Gail M ^b   McManus, Donald P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c HUNAN INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attributable fractions; China; Morbidity; Prevalence ratios; Schistosoma japonicum; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

FISHING COMMUNITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MORBIDITY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; DISEASE CONTROL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA;

CHINA;

JAPONICA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA;

EID: 0031756433     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00305.x     Document Type: Article

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