Recent Studies on Schistosoma intercalatum: Taxonomic Status, Puzzling Distribution and Transmission Foci Revisited

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 96, Issue SUPPL., 2001, Pages 45-48

  Jourdane, Joseph ^a   Southgate, Vaughan R ^b   Pagès, Jean René ^a   Durand, Patrick ^c   Tchuem Tchuenté, Louis Albert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Schistosoma haematobium; Schistosoma intercalatum; Schistosoma mansoni; Sexual interactions; Taxonomic status; Transmission foci

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RECTUM DISEASE; REPRODUCTION; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; RECTAL DISEASES; REPRODUCTION; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0035233230     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762001000900006     Document Type: Article

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