Schistosoma haematobium in China, ex-Africa: New populations at risk?

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 211-213

  Lim, Poh Lian ^a,b  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b LEE KONG CHIAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; FRESH WATER; PRAZIQUANTEL;

AFRICA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BRAIN DISEASE; BRONCHOSPASM; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EDITORIAL; EMPORIATRICS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MICROSCOPY; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; URINALYSIS; URTICARIA;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MALE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; TRAVEL; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 84879748771     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12031     Document Type: Editorial

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