Urinary schistosomiasis among schoolchildren in Ibadan, an urban community in south-western Nigeria

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 308-315

  Okoli, E I ^a   Odaibo, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

B. globosus; Ibadan; Prevalence; S. haematobium; S. mansoni; Schoolchildren; Transmission

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; URBAN SOCIETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SNAIL; URBAN POPULATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WORM EGG;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CHILD; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SNAILS; URBAN HEALTH; WATER;

NIGERIA;

GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0032963406     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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