A mass chemotherapy trial of praziquantel on Schistosoma haematobium endemicity in upper Egypt

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 546-550

  Talaat, Maha ^a   Miller, F Dewolfe ^b,c  

^a THEODOR BILHARZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; URINALYSIS;

PROTOZOA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 0031756607     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.546     Document Type: Article

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