Effect of human immigration on the age distribution of schistosome infections in Siavonga community, Lake Kariba, Zambia

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 279-283

  Mungomba, L M ^a   Chandiwana, S K ^b   Sukwa, T Y ^c   Marshall, I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b Blair Research Institute   (Zimbabwe)

^c TROPICAL DISEASES RESEARCH CENTRE   (Zambia)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; ZAMBIA;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0031980982     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1998.11813291     Document Type: Article

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