The reliability of self-reported blood in urine and schistosomiasis as indicators of Schistosoma haematobium infection in school children: A study in Muheza District, Tanzania

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1180-1189

  Ansell, Juliet ^a   Guyatt, Helen ^a   Hall, Andrew ^a   Kihamia, Charles ^b   Kivugo, Joyce ^b   Ntimbwa, Perpetua ^b   Bundy, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Ocean Road Hospital   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Haematuria; Questionnaire; Schistosoma haematobium; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEMATURIA; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SELF REPORT; TANZANIA;

PROTOZOA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 0031442257     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1997.d01-209.x     Document Type: Article

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