Schistosoma haematobium and urinary tract pathogens co-infections in a rural community of Edo State, Nigeria

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 85-90

  Nmorsi, O P G ^a   Kwandu, U N C D ^a   Ebiaguanye, L M ^a  

^a AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NIGERIA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SEX FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 38649086730     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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