Diagnostic and cost comparisons of a questionnaire against a chemical reagent strip test in identifying high risk communities for Schistosoma haematobium infection in northern Zambia

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 40-42

  Siziya, Seter ^a   Mushanga, M ^b   Marufu, T ^a   Mudyarabikwa, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Trop Diseases Research Centre Ndola   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STUDENT; TEST STRIP; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REAGENT STRIPS; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENTS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0030076896     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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