The relationship between age, sex, egg-count and specific antibody responses against Schistosoma mansoni antigens in a Ugandan fishing community.

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Published in Trop Med Int Health on June 01, 2003

Authors

Cynthia W A Naus1, Mark Booth, Frances M Jones, Jovanice Kemijumbi, Birgitte J Vennervald, Curtis H Kariuki, John H Ouma, Narcis B Kabatereine, David W Dunne

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Microbiology and Parasitology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, UK.

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