Travel-related schistosomiasis acquired in Laos

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1823-1826

  Leshem, Eyal ^a,b   Meltzer, Eyal ^a,b   Marva, Esther ^c   Schwartz, Eli ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAOS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MEKONGI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; TRAVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; FECES; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LAOS; MALE; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350452965     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1511.090611     Document Type: Article

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