Evaluation of dipsticks in Schistosoma haematobium infections in four villages in the middle valley of the Senegal River Basin, Senegal

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 634-635

  Shaw, D J ^a,c   Picquet, M ^a,b,c   Ly, A ^b   Sambou, B ^b   Vercruysse, J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Programme ESPOIR   (Senegal)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Dipsticks; Schistosoma haematobium; Senegal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENEGAL; TEST STRIP; URINALYSIS; WORM EGG;

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 0032426120     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90791-X     Document Type: Article

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