Self-diagnosis as a possible basis for treating urinary schistosomiasis: A study of schoolchildren in a rural area of the United Republic of Tanzania

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 477-783

  Ansell, J ^a   Hall, A ^a   Guyatt, H ^a   Bundy, D ^a   Nokes, C ^a   Kihamia, C ^b   Mwanri, L ^c   Yora, E ^d   Magingo, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Tanzania Partnership Child Devmt   (Tanzania)

^c Elderly and Children   (Tanzania)

^d UKUMTA and Min of Educ and Culture   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NURSE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF EVALUATION; TANZANIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SELF CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0032993599     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. World Bank. World development report 1993. Investing in health. New York, Oxford University Press, 1993.
2. Bundy DAP et al. Control of geohelminths by delivery of targeted chemotherapy through schools. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1990, 84: 115-120.
3. Butterworth AE et al. Comparison of different chemotherapy strategies against Schistosoma mansoni in Machakos District, Kenya. Effects on human infection and morbidity. Parasitology, 1991, 103: 339-355.
4. Stephenson L. The impact of schistosomiasis on human nutrition. Parasitology, 1993, 107 (Suppl.): S107-S123.
5. Nokes C, Bundy DAP. Compliance and absenteeism in school children: implications for helminth control. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1993, 87: 148-152.
6. Nokes C, Bundy DAP. Does helminth infection affect mental processing and educational achievement? Parasitology today, 1994, 10: 14-18.
7. Simeon D et al. School performance, nutritional status and Trichuriasis in Jamaican school children. Acta paediatrica, 1994, 83: 1188-1193.
8. Promoting child development through helminth control programmes. New York, United Nations Children's Fund, 1997.
9. de Silva N, Guyatt H, Bundy D. Anthelmintics. A comparative review of their clinical pharmacology. Drugs, 1997, 53: 769-788.
10. Partnership for Child Development. Better health, nutrition and education for the school-aged child. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1997, 91: 1-2.
11. Farid Z. Schistosomes with terminal-spined eggs: pathological and clinical aspects. In: Jordan P, Webbe G, Sturrock RF, eds. Human schistosomiasis. Wallingford, CAB International, 1993: 159-193.
12. Warren KS et al. In: Jamison DT et al. eds. Disease control priorities in developing countries. Oxford, Oxford Medical Publications, 1993: 131-162.
13. Ansell J et al. 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, 1997, 2: 1180-1189.
14. WHO model prescribing information. Drugs used in parasitic diseases. Geneva, World Health Organization, 1995.
15. Health of school children. Treatment of intestinal helminths and schistosomiasis. Geneva, World Health Organization, 1995 (unpublished document WHO/SCHISTO/95.112, WHO/CDS/95.1).
16. Lengeler C et al. Rapid, low-cost, two-step method to screen for urinary schistosomiasis at the district level: the Kilosa experience. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 1991, 69: 179-189.
17. Red Urine Study Group. Identification of high-risk communities for schistosomiasis in Africa: a multicountry study. Geneva, World Health Organization, Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, 1995 (Social and Economic Research Projects Reports, No. 15).
18. The self-reported health problems of primary school children in Tanga Region using a questionnaire administered by teachers, with particular concern for schistosomiasis. Dar es Salaam, Ushirikiano wa Kumwendeleza Mtoto Tanzania, 1997 (UKUMTA Report Series, No. 6).
19. Partnership for Child Development. Cost of school-based drug delivery in Tanzania. Health policy and planning, 1998, 13: 384-396.
20. Ansell J et al. Does the sex or age of responders affect the reliability of self-diagnosed infection? A study of self-reported urinary schistosomiasis in Tanzania's school children. Oxford, Partnership for Child Development, 1998.
21. The control of schistosomiasis. Report of a WHO Expert Committee. Geneva, World Health Organization, 1985 (WHO Technical Report Series, No. 728).
22. Mafe MA. The diagnostic potential of three indirect tests of urina y schistosomiasis in Nigeria. Acta tropica, 1997, 68: 277-284.
23. Savoli L et al. Control of morbidity due to Schistosoma haematobium on Pemba Island: egg excretion and hematuria as indicators of infection. American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 1990, 43: 289-295.
24. Kjetland EF et al. Female genital schistosomiasis due to Schistosoma haematobium - clinical and parasitological findings in women in rural Malawi. Acta tropica, 1996, 62: 239-255.
25. Lwambo NJS et al. Control of Schistosoma haematobium morbidity on Pemba Island: validity and efficiency of indirect screen tests. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 1997, 75: 247-252.
26. Vaughan JP, Morrow RH. Manual of epidemiology for district health management. Geneva, World Health Organization, 1989.