Emergence of Schistosoma mansoni infection in Upper Egypt: The Giza governorate

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 822-826

  Talaat, Maha ^a   El Ayyat, Afaf ^a   Sayed, Hanan Ali ^a   Miller, F Dewolfe ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA; BULINUS; EGYPT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0032902288     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.822     Document Type: Article

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