Patterns of concurrent hookworm infection and schistosomiasis in schoolchildren in Tanzania
- 1 September 1999
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 93 (5) , 497-502
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0035-9203(99)90349-8
Abstract
A cross-sectional study of 6897 schoolchildren in 59 out of the 155 primary schools in Magu District on the shores of Lake Victoria, Tanzania, was unKeywords
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