Prehistoric schistosomiasis parasite found in the Middle East

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 553-554

  Anastasiou, Evilena ^a   Lorentz, Kirsi O ^b,c   Stein, Gil J ^d   Mitchell, Piers D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Science and Technology in Archaeology Research Center (STARC)   (Cyprus)

^c CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULINUS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LETTER; MIDDLE EAST; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA INTERCALATUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; BONE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INTESTINE; PARASITE CONTROL; PELVIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMA; SEDIMENT; SKIN; SNAIL; SOIL; URINE; WORM EGG;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SYRIA;

EID: 84904735632     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(14)70794-7     Document Type: Letter

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