Overview of clinical reports on urinary schistosomiasis in the tropical Asia

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 499-501

  Wiwanitkit, Viroj ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Asia; Tropical; Urinary Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ASIA; BANGLADESH; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIA; INDONESIA; INTERMEDIATE HOST; MIDDLE EAST; MIGRATION; PAKISTAN; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TROPIC CLIMATE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WORKER;

EID: 33644795247     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: 1682024X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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