Prevalence and familial aggregation of schistosomal liver morbidity in Kenya: Evaluation by new ultrasound criteria

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 183, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 960-966

  Kariuki, H Curtis ^a   Mbugua, Gabriel ^b   Magak, Philip ^a   Bailey, Jeffry A ^c   Muchiri, Eric M ^a   Thiongo, Frederick W ^a   King, Charles H ^d   Butterworth, Anthony E ^c   Ouma, John H ^a   Blanton, Ronald E ^d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c Department of Genetics ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; KENYA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE VECTORS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 0035869107     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/319247     Document Type: Article

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