A new miracidia hatching device for diagnosing schistosomiasis

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 112-114

  Jurberg, Arnon D ^a   De Oliveira, Áureo A ^a   Lenzi, Henrique L ^a   Coelho, Paulo Marcos Z ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Belo Horizonte   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Feces; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 41149108093     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762008005000005     Document Type: Article

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