On the calculation of intestinal schistosome infection intensity

Acta Tropica

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 225-233

  Mutapi, F ^a,c,d   Gryseels, B ^b   Roddam, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age infection relationship; Arithmetic mean; Geometric mean; Infection intensity; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SAMPLE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TECHNIQUE;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0038095211     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(03)00115-3     Document Type: Article

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