Survey of Urinary Schistosomiasis and Trichomoniasis in a Rural Community in Edo State, Nigeria

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 96-101

  Nimorsi, O P G ^a   Egwunyenga, A O ^a   Bajomo, D O ^a  

^a AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SEX RATIO; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS;

EID: 0035372450     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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