Transmission of schistosomiasis in Kariba, Zimbabwe, and a cross-sectional comparison of schistosomiasis prevalences and intensities in the town with those in Siavonga in Zambia

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 605-616

  Chimbari, M J ^a   Dhlomo, E ^a   Mwadiwa, E ^a   Mubila, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA PFEIFFERI; BULINUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FISHERMAN; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROBABILITY; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SNAIL; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FISHERIES; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SANITATION; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SNAILS; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE;

BIOMPHALARIA PFEIFFERI; BULINUS; BULINUS GLOBOSUS; GASTROPODA; MAMMALIA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0042412132     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349803225001508     Document Type: Article

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