Morbidity induced by Schistosoma haematobium infections, as assessed by ultrasound before and after treatment with praziquantel, in a recently expanded focus (Senegal River basin)

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 775-783

  Delegue, P ^a   Picquet, M ^a,b   Shaw, D J ^b   Vercruysse, J ^b   Sambou, B ^a   Ly, A ^a  

^a Programme ESPOIR   (Senegal)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITREMATODAL AGENT; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; RIVER; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENEGAL; URINARY TRACT;

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; TREMATODA;

EID: 0032323739     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1998.11813339     Document Type: Article

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