Exposure to malaria affects the regression of hepatosplenomegaly after treatment for Schistosoma mansoni infection in Kenyan children

BACKGROUND: Schistosoma mansoni and malaria infections are often endemic in the same communities in sub-Saharan Africa, and both have pathological effects on the liver and the spleen. Hepatosplenomegaly associated with S. mansoni is exacerbated in children with relatively high exposure to malaria. T...

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Autores principales: Booth, Mark, Vennervald, Birgitte J, Butterworth, Anthony E, Kariuki, Henry C, Amaganga, Clifford, Kimani, Gachuhi, Mwatha, Joseph K, Otedo, Amos, Ouma, John H, Dunne, David W
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC522803/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15450118
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-2-36

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC522803/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15450118
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-2-36

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