The NIH-NIAID schistosomiasis resource center

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Lewis, Fred A ^a   Liang, Yung San ^a   Raghavan, Nithya ^a   Knight, Matty ^a  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOPRESERVATION; FUNDING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LIFE CYCLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMULUM; STAFF TRAINING; TROPICAL MEDICINE; ANIMAL; ECONOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMA; SNAIL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES (U.S.); SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAILS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56149116903     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000267     Document Type: Review

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