Acute pulmonary schistosomiasis in travelers returning from Lake Malawi, sub-Saharan Africa

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 836-839

  Cooke, G S ^a,b   Lalvani, A ^a,b   Gleeson, F V ^a,b   Conlon, C P ^a,b  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DERMATITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAKE; LUNG DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRAVEL;

EID: 0033503679     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520445     Document Type: Article

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