Rediscovery of a foci of Schistosomiasis mekongi in North Cambodia. I. Cultural perception of the disease and description and follow-up of 20 severe clinical cases;Foyer de bilharziose a Schistosoma mekongi redecouvert au Nord du Cambodge: I. Perception culturelle de la maladie; description et suivi de 20 cas cliniques graves

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 662-673

  Biays, Sophie ^c   Stich, A H R ^a   Odermatt, P ^a   Long, Chan ^b   Yersin, C ^c   Man, Chan ^c   Saem, Chaem ^b   Lormand, J D ^c  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Ministère de la Santé   (Cambodia)

^c c/o Med Sans Frontières ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ARTICLE; ASCITES; CACHEXIA; CAMBODIA; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PROGNOSIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMA;

CAMBODIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CAMBODIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0033209494     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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