High rate of failure in treatment of imported schistosomiasis

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 94-99

  Helleberg, Marie ^a   Thybo, Sören ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMIGRANT; MALE; MICROSCOPY; OOCYTE; RECTUM BIOPSY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TOURISM; TRAVEL; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTHELMINTICS; BIOPSY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PRAZIQUANTEL; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TRAVEL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 77649265536     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2009.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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