The suspected existence of Schistosoma mansoni in Dhanusha district, southern Nepal

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 273-278

  Sherchand, J B ^a   Ohara, H ^b   Sherchand, S ^a   Matsuda, H ^c  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0032789193     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1999.11813423     Document Type: Article

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