Age-dependent reduction of schistosome fecundity in Schistosoma haematobium but not Schistosoma mansoni infections in humans

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 338-343

  Agnew, Alison ^a   Fulford, Anthony J C ^b   Mwanje, Mariam T ^c   Gachuhi, Kimani ^d   Gutsmann, Volker ^a   Krijger, Frederik W ^e   Sturrock, Robert F ^f   Vennervald, Birgitte J ^g   Ouma, John H ^c   Butterworth, Anthony E ^b   Deelder, Andre M ^e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EGG PRODUCTION; FERTILITY; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE VIRULENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 10144238513     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.338     Document Type: Article

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