Schistosomiasis mansoni in Kenya: Relationship between infection and anaemia in schoolchildren at the community level

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 48-54

  Sturrock, R F ^a   Kariuki, H C ^b   Thiongo, F W ^b   Gachare, J W ^b   Omondi, B G O ^c   Ouma, J H ^b   Mbugua, G ^c   Butterworth, A E ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Kenya; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ANTITREMATODAL AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIET; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITISM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPLENOMEGALY;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; NECATOR AMERICANUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 0030048344     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90477-0     Document Type: Article

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