Acute schistosomiasis in French travellers;La bilharziose d'importation chez les voyageurs : enquête en France métropolitaine

Revue de Medecine Interne

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 595-599

  Agbessi, C A ^a   Bourvis, N ^a   Fromentin, M ^a   Jaspard, M ^a   Teboul, F ^a   Bougnoux, M E ^a   Hanslik, T ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Acute; Katayama fever; Safari's fever; Schistosomiasis; Travel

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; FRANCE; HEMATURIA; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEROLOGY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRAVEL; URINALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; CHILD; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRAVEL;

EID: 33747280329     PISSN: 02488663     EISSN: 17683122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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