Two-year impact of praziquantel treatment for Schistosoma japonicum infection in China: Re-infection, subclinical disease and fibrosis marker measurements

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 191-197

  Li, Y S ^a,b   Sleigh, A C ^a   Ross, A G P ^a   Li, Y ^b   Williams, G M ^a   Tanner, M ^c   McManus, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b HUNAN INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

China; Fibrosis markers; Morbidity; Re infection; Schistosoma japonicum; Schistosomiasis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANTITREMATODAL AGENT; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; HYALURONIC ACID; LAMININ; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORBIDITY; PARENCHYMA; PORTAL VEIN; REINFECTION; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPLENOMEGALY; VEIN DILATATION;

SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; TREMATODA;

EID: 0034122830     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90274-8     Document Type: Article

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