Spatial patterns of human water contact and schistosoma mansoni transmission and infection in four rural areas in Machakos district, Kenya

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 949-968

  Kloos, H ^a,e   Fulford, A J C ^b   Butterworth, A E ^b   Sturrock, R F ^c   Ouma, J H ^d   Kariuki, H C ^d   Thiongo, F W ^d   Dalton, P R ^d   Klumpp, R K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Kenya; Schistosomiasis; Spatial patterns; Transmission dynamics; Water contact behavior

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; RURAL AREA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FRESH WATER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; WATER SUPPLY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; LINEAR REGRESSION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPATIAL PATTERN; WATER-BORNE DISEASE;

KENYA, EASTERN PROVINCE, MACHAKOS DISTRICT;

EID: 0030618005     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00218-3     Document Type: Article

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