Does Schistosoma haematobium co-infection reduce the risk of malaria-induced splenomegaly?

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 535-536

  Friis, Henrik ^a,f   El Karib, Samia Amin ^b   Sulaiman, Suad M ^b   Rahama, Awad ^c   Magnussen, Pascal ^d   Mascie Taylor, C G Nicholas ^e  

^a Institute of Human Nutrition   (Denmark)

^b TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sudan)

^c FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sudan)

^d DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Children; Dual infections; Malaria; Schistosoma haematobium; Schistosomiasis; Splenomegaly; Sudan

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; EGG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PALPATION; PARENT; PREVALENCE; RISK; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPLEEN SIZE; SPLENOMEGALY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUDAN; URINALYSIS;

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 0033788498     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90079-8     Document Type: Article

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