Comparative clinical and ultrasound study of egg-negative and egg-positive individuals from Schistosoma mansoni low morbidity endemic areas, and hospitalized patients with hepatosplenic disease

Comparative clinical and ultrasound study of egg-negative and egg-positive individuals from Schistosoma mansoni low morbidity endemic areas, and hospitalized patients with hepatosplenic disease

Two hundred and twenty three subjects from a Schistosoma mansoni low morbidity endemic area and nine hospitalized hepatosplenic patients were submitted to stool test and clinical examination and abdomen ultrasound assessments. According to stool examination and ultrasound results, they were grouped...

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Main Authors: Telcia V.B. Magalhães, Giovanni Gazzinelli, Maria Carolina B. Alvarez, F.C. Lima e Silva, Lucia Alves Oliveira Fraga, Alda Maria S. Silveira, Andrea Gazzinelli, Jeffrey Bethony, Philip LoVerde, Iramaya R. Caldas, Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira, Aluízio Prata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2005-02-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Schistosomiasis mansoni
Ultrasonography
Periportal fibrosis
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822005000100007&tlng=en

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