Faecal egg aggregation in humans infected with Schistosoma japonicum in China

Acta Tropica

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 205-210

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

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c HUNAN INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Egg aggregation; Kato Katz stool examinations; Schistosoma japonicum; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; WORM EGG;

ANIMALS; CHINA; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OVUM; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA;

SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 0032581210     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(98)00022-9     Document Type: Article

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