Characteristics of the Human Host Have Little Influence on Which Local Schistosoma mansoni Populations Are Acquired

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Barbosa, Lúcio M ^a,b   Silva, Luciano K ^a   Reis, Eliana A ^a   Azevedo, Theomira M ^a   Costa, Jackson M ^a   Blank, Walter A ^c   Reis, Mitermayer G ^a   Blanton, Ronald E ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b ESCOLA BAHIANA DE MEDICINA E SAÚDE PÚBLICA   (Brazil)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXAMNIQUINE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA ISOLATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOST; HUMAN; INCOME; INFECTION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892776903     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002572     Document Type: Article

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