Schistosomiasis: Current epidemiology and management in travelers

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 211-215

  Meltzer, Eyal ^a,b   Schwartz, Eli ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Neuroschistosomiasis; Praziquantel; Schistosomiasis therapy; Schistosomiasis diagnosis; Schistosomiasis epidemiology; Travel

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; GLUCOCORTICOID; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYSPAREUNIA; DYSURIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MYOCARDITIS; NEUROSCHISTOSOMIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARAPLEGIA; PREVALENCE; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA INTERCALATUM; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MALAYENSIS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMA MEKONGI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TRAVEL;

EID: 84878711393     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: 15343146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-013-0329-1     Document Type: Article

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