Ultrasonography in a Senegalese community recently exposed to Schistosoma mansoni infection

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 586-590

  Kardorff, Ruediger ^a   Stelma, Foekje F ^b   Vocke, Anna K ^a   Yazdanpanah, Yazdan ^c   Thomas, Anna K ^d   Mbaye, Amadou ^e   Talla, Idrissa ^f   Niang, Malick ^g   Ehrich, Jochen H H ^h   Doehring, Ekkehard ⁱ   Gryseels, Bruno ^j  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e District Sanitaire de Richard Troll   (Senegal)

^f Serv Reg S S Louis/Richard Toll   (Senegal)

^g Ministry of Health   (Senegal)

^h HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ Interdisziplinaeres Therapiezentrum   (Germany)

^j INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENEGAL;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 8944248818     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.54.586     Document Type: Article

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