Schistosomiasis malayensis-like infection among the Penan and other interior tribes (Orang Ulu) in upper Rejang River Basin Sarawak Malaysia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-32

  Sagin, D D ^a   Ismail, G ^a   Fui, J N F ^b   Jok, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^b SARAWAK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; RACE; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DISEASE VECTORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SNAILS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035291141     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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