Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 8, Issue 3 , Pages 184-189 , May 2010

Intestinal schistosomiasis caused by both Schistosoma intercalatum and Schistosoma mansoni

  • Konstantina Tzanetou

      Affiliations

    • Microbiology Department, General Hospital of Athens “G. Gennimatas”, Athens, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Konstantina Tzanetou, 24 Kotziadon street, 185 37, Piraeus, Greece. Tel. +30 2104534155; fax: +30 210 7794841.
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  • Myrto Astriti

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Internal Medicine and Special Infections Unit, General Hospital of Athens “G. Gennimatas”, Athens, Greece
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  • Vassilios Delis

      Affiliations

    • Gastroenterology Department, General Hospital of Athens “G. Gennimatas”, Athens, Greece
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  • George Moustakas

      Affiliations

    • Nephrology Department, General Hospital of Athens “G. Gennimatas”, Athens, Greece
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  • Theodosia Choreftaki

      Affiliations

    • Pathology Department, General Hospital of Athens “G. Gennimatas”, Athens, Greece
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  • Eugenia Papaliodi

      Affiliations

    • Pathology Department, General Hospital of Athens “G. Gennimatas”, Athens, Greece
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  • Katerina Sarri

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Internal Medicine and Special Infections Unit, General Hospital of Athens “G. Gennimatas”, Athens, Greece
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  • George Adamis

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Internal Medicine and Special Infections Unit, General Hospital of Athens “G. Gennimatas”, Athens, Greece

Received 2 January 2010 ,Revised 30 March 2010 ,Accepted 8 April 2010.

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PII: S1477-8939(10)00041-4

doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2010.04.003

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Volume 8, Issue 3 , Pages 184-189 , May 2010

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