Hematospermia duen to schistosome infection in travelers [1]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1086-

  Murdoch, David R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEMOSPERMIA; HUMAN; LETTER; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; TRAVEL; MALE; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON;

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ANTHELMINTICS; HUMANS; MALE; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPERMATOZOA; TRAVEL;

EID: 0037447193     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/374246     Document Type: Letter

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