A schistosomiasis research agenda

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Colley, Daniel G ^a   Secor, W Evan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 13; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMA VACCINE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMMUNITY; FIBROGENESIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SYMPOSIUM; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TROPICAL DISEASE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY;

ANTHELMINTICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 47749128478     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000032     Document Type: Article

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