Schistosomiasis: Overview of the history, biology, clinicopathology, and laboratory diagnosis

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter

Volumn 27, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 163-168

  Coon, David R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENOMICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TREMATODE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 27344444812     PISSN: 01964399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinmicnews.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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