Change of semen quality after foreign travel: A rare presentation of genital schistosomiasis

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-53

  Hawary, Amr ^a   Taylor, Richard ^a   McEwans, Anne ^b   Napier Hemy, Richard ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; GENITAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; GUINEA; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; RIVER; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM QUALITY; SWIMMING; TRAVEL; UROGENITAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ANIMAL; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPERM;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; HUMANS; MALE; PRAZIQUANTEL; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEMEN; TRAVEL;

EID: 84860891143     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: 15732584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-010-9816-6     Document Type: Article

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