Impact of installation of a water pump on schistosomiasis transmission in a focus in Cameroon

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 255-256

  Tchuem Tchuente L A ^a,b   Southgate, V R ^c   Webster, B L ^c   De Bont, J ^d   Vercruysse, J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b Center for Schistosomiasis and Parasitology   (Cameroon)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bulinus forskalii; Cameroon; Prevalence; Schistosoma haematobium; Schistosoma intercalatum; Schistosomiasis; Transmission; Water supply

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0035346406     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0035-9203(01)90228-7     Document Type: Article

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