Schistosomiasis of the female genital tract: Public health aspects

Parasitology Today

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 378-381

  Poggensee, G ^a   Feldmeier, H ^a   Krantz, I ^b  

^a Institut fur Tropenmedizin   (Germany)

^b Skaraborgs Institutet   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

SCHISTOSOMA;

EID: 0033198292     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(99)01497-0     Document Type: Review

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