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Evaluating diagnostic indicators of urogenital Schistosoma haematobium infection in young women: A cross sectional study in rural South Africa
BACKGROUND: Urine microscopy is the standard diagnostic method for urogenital S. haematobium infection. However, this may lead to under-diagnosis of urogenital schistosomiasis, as the disease may present itself with genital symptoms in the absence of ova in the urine. Currently there is no single re...
Autores principales: | Galappaththi-Arachchige, Hashini Nilushika, Holmen, Sigve, Koukounari, Artemis, Kleppa, Elisabeth, Pillay, Pavitra, Sebitloane, Motshedisi, Ndhlovu, Patricia, van Lieshout, Lisette, Vennervald, Birgitte Jyding, Gundersen, Svein Gunnar, Taylor, Myra, Kjetland, Eyrun Floerecke |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5815575/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29451887 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191459 |
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