Genitourinary schistosomiasis among pre-primary schoolchildren in a rural community within the Cross River Basin, Nigeria

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 393-397

  Opara, K N ^a   Udoidung, N I ^a   Ukpong, I G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

^b CROSS RIVER UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RIVER BASIN; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; URINALYSIS; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE VECTORS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NIGERIA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SNAILS; URINE; WATER;

BULINUS GLOBOSUS; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 36849012120     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X07853521     Document Type: Article

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