Dynamics of egg counts and circulating antigen levels in a recent Schistosoma mansoni focus in northern Senegal

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 538-544

  Polman, K ^a,b,c   Stelma, F F ^b   De Vlas, S J ^a,c   Sow, S ^b   Fathers, L ^c   Le Cessie, S ^d   Talla, I ^e   Deelder, A M ^a   Gryseels, B ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Circulating anodic antigen (CAA); Faecal egg counts; Schistosoma mansoni; Seasonality; Senegal; Worm longevity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENEGAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEASONS; SENEGAL;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0034912571     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00742.x     Document Type: Article

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