Urine reagent strips for diagnosis of schistosomiasis haematobium in women of fertile age

Acta Tropica

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 281-287

  Gundersen, Svein Gunnar ^a   Kjetland, Eyrun Floerecke ^a   Poggensee, Gabriele ^b   Helling Giese, Gertrud ^c,d   Richter, Joachim ^b   Chitsulo, Lester ^e   Koumwenda, Newton ^e   Krantz, Ingela ^f,g   Feldmeier, Hermann ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Institute of Tropical Medicine   (Germany)

^c Frauenklinik Finkenau   (Germany)

^d BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^e Ministry of Health and Environmental Affairs   (Malawi)

^f NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^h FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

diagnosis; female genital schistosomiasis; hematuria; leukocyturia; Malawi; proteinuria; reagent strip index (rsi); reagent strips; urinary schistosomiasis; urine analysis; women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTURIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; PROTEINURIA; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TEST STRIP; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; OVUM; PROTEINURIA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE;

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 0030607733     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(96)00029-0     Document Type: Article

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