Schistosomiasis in Danish travellers and immigrants;Schistosomiasis hos danske rejsende og immigranter

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 171, Issue 50, 2009, Pages

  Helleberg, Marie ^a   Søren, Thybo ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRAZIQUANTEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73949138043     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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