Urinary schistosomiasis among pregnant women in some endemic tropical semi - urban communities of Anambra State, Nigeria

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 575-579

  Eyo, J E ^a   Onyishi, G C ^a   Okafor, F C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PROTEINURIA; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; URBAN POPULATION; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREVALENCE; PROTEINURIA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; URBAN POPULATION; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869798697     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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