A 2-year prospective study in China provides epidemiological evidence for resistance in humans to re-infection with Schistosoma japonicum

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 629-642

  Li, Y S ^a,b   Sleigh, A C ^a   Ross, A G P ^a   Li, Y ^b   Williams, G M ^a   Forsyth, S J ^a   Tanner, M ^c   McManus, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b HUNAN INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITREMATODAL AGENT; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; REINFECTION; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SNAIL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SNAILS; WATER SUPPLY;

GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; TREMATODA;

EID: 0032836394     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034989958131     Document Type: Article

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