Survey of urinary schistosomiasis in Iran

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 857-860

  Gholamreza, Mowlavi ^a   Jafar, Massoud ^a   Allahbedasht, Mansoorian ^a   Nikkhooy, Ali ^b   Mohammad, Kejbafzadeh Abdol ^a   Rokni, Mohammad Bagher ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Prevalence; Schistosoma haematobium; Urinary schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 57449089422     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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