Presentation and outcome of 1107 cases of schistosomiasis from Africa diagnosed in a non-endemic country

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 531-534

  Whitty, Christopher J M ^a,b   Mabey, David C ^a,b   Armstrong, Margaret ^a   Wright, Stephen G ^a,b   Chiodini, Peter L ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Schistosoma haematobium; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis; Screening; Treatment failure

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; PRAZIQUANTEL;

AFRICA; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCREENING; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; URINALYSIS;

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0033792872     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90077-4     Document Type: Article

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