Natural progression of Oesophagostomum bifurcum pathology and infection in a rural community of northern Ghana

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 295-299

  Storey, P A ^a,b   Steenhard, N R ^c   Van Lieshout, L ^a   Anemana, S ^d   Magnussen, P ^e   Polderman, A M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Danish Ctr for Exp Parasitology   (Denmark)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

^e DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall; Clinical aspects; Colon; Ghana; Nodules; Oesophagostomiasis; Oesophagostomum bifurcum; Pathology; Seasonality; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEASON; SEX RATIO; STRONGYLOIDEA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OESOPHAGOSTOMIASIS; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035351258     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(01)90238-X     Document Type: Article

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