The epidemiology of schistosomiasis in Egypt: Gharbia Governorate

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 62, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2000, Pages 42-48

  El Hawey, Ahmed M ^a   Amr, M M ^a   Abdel Rahman, A H ^a   El Ibiary, S A ^a   Agina, A M ^a   Abdel Hafez, M A ^a   Waheeb, A A ^a   Hussein, Mohamed H ^b   Strickland, G Thomas ^c  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EGYPT; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLENOMEGALY; URINALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0034019773     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2000.62.42     Document Type: Article

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