The epidemiology of schistosomiasis in Egypt: Qena Governorate

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 62, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2000, Pages 80-87

  Hammam, Hammam M ^a   Zarzour, Ali H ^a   Moftah, Farag M ^a   Abdel Aty, Mahmoud A ^a   Hany, Ahmed H ^a   El Kady, Ahmed Y ^a   Nasr, Ahmed M ^a   Abd El Samie, Abdallah ^a   Qayed, Mohamed H ^a   Mikhail, Nabiel N H ^a   Talaat, Maha ^b   Hussein, Mohamed H ^c  

^a ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b THEODOR BILHARZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLADDER INJURY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLENOMEGALY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0034065801     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2000.62.80     Document Type: Article

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