Epidemiological study on the transmission of schistosomiasis in Saudi Arabia (Western region)

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 193-195

  Ghandour, A M ^a   Zahid, N Z ^b   Banaja, A A ^b  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL; RAIN; RIVER WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE VECTORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0032783375     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034989958708     Document Type: Article

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