A Very High Infection Intensity of Schistosoma mansoni in a Ugandan Lake Victoria Fishing Community Is Required for Association with Highly Prevalent Organ Related Morbidity

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Tukahebwa, Edridah M ^a   Magnussen, Pascal ^b   Madsen, Henry ^b   Kabatereine, Narcis B ^a   Nuwaha, Fred ^c   Wilson, Shona ^d   Vennervald, Birgitte J ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FISHING; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84880843782     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002268     Document Type: Article

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