Predicting the impact of school-based treatment for urinary schistosomiasis given by the Ghana Partnership for Child Development

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 386-389

  Chan, M S ^a   Nsowah Nuamah, N N N ^c   Adjei, S ^b   Wen, S T ^b   Hall, A ^a   Bundy, D A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Health Research Unit Ghana Health Service   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Children; Epidemiology; Mathematical; Model; Prevalence; Schistosoma haematobium; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GHANA; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PREDICTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

PROTOZOA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 0031689840     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)91057-4     Document Type: Article

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