Female genital schistosomiasis of the lower genital tract: Prevalence and disease-associated morbidity in Northern Tanzania

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1210-1213

  Poggensee, Gabriele ^a,b   Kiwelu, Ireen ^e,f   Weger, Veronika ^b   Göppner, Daniela ^b   Diedrich, Thomas ^d   Krantz, Ingela ^g   Feldmeier, Hermann ^c  

^a Institut für Tropenmedizin   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Lab for Exp Parasitol/Microbiol   (Germany)

^e Research Department   (Tanzania)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^g Skaraborgs Institutet   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TANZANIA; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TANZANIA;

EID: 0034075118     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315345     Document Type: Article

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