Schistosoma haematobium Infection and Buruli Ulcer [6]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 551-552

  Scott, Janet T ^a   Johnson, Roch C ^b   Aguiar, Julia ^c   Debacker, Martine ^a   Kestens, Luc ^a   Guedenon, Augustin ^d   Gryseels, Bruno ^a   Portaels, Françoise ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Ctr Depistage/Traitement Ulceres   (Benin)

^c Ctr Sanitaire et Nutr Gbemonten   (Benin)

^d Ministere de la Sante Publique   (Benin)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURULI ULCER; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SUPERINFECTION; URINALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 1542347240     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1003.020514     Document Type: Letter

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