It’s Time to Dispel the Myth of “Asymptomatic” Schistosomiasis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  King, Charles H ^a  

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

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; DIARRHEA; DYSURIA; HEMATEMESIS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TROPICAL DISEASE;

HUMANS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 84924085481     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003504     Document Type: Article

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