Schistosome transmission, water-resource development and altitude in northern Ethiopia

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 489-495

  Ghebreyesus, T A ^a   Witten, K H ^a   Getachew, A ^a   Haile, M ^a   Yohannes, M ^a   Lindsay, S W ^a   Byass, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; WATER SUPPLY;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0036326778     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349802125001285     Document Type: Article

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