Presence of Schistosoma mansoni eggs in the cervix uteri of women in Mwanga District, Tanzania

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 299-300

  Poggensee, Gabriele ^a   Krantz, Ingela ^b   Kiwelu, Ireen ^c   Diedrich, Thomas ^d   Feldmeier, Hermann ^e  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Skaraborgs Institutet   (Sweden)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^d Lab for Exp Parasitol/Microbiol   (Germany)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genital schistosomiasis; Morbidity; Schistosoma mansoni; Tanzania; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE;

ADULT; CERVIX UTERI; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; UTERINE CERVICAL DISEASES;

EID: 0035351325     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(01)90239-1     Document Type: Article

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