Diagnosing acute schistosomiasis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 304-305

  Soentjens, P ^a,b   Clerinx, J ^b   Aerssens, A ^a   Cnops, L ^b   Van Esbroeck, M ^b   Bottieau, E ^b  

^a QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACE WATER;

ANAMNESIS; CELL COUNT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; EPIDEMIC; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEROLOGY; SKIN DISEASE; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 84891766647     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit683     Document Type: Letter

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