Short report: A case of ectopic schistosomiasis in Puerto Rico with some observations on the biology of the parasite

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 671-672

  File, Sharon ^a   Francheschini, Angelisa B ^b   Fernandez Santiago, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; PARASITE MIGRATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PUERTO RICO; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; UTERINE CERVIX;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0031808566     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.671     Document Type: Article

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