Parameters associated with Schistosoma haematobium infection before and after chemotherapy in school children from two villages in the Coast province of Kenya

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 335-340

  Kahama, Anthony I ^a,d   Vennervald, Birgitte J ^b   Kombe, Yeri ^c   Kihara, Ruth W ^a   Ndzovu, Malick ^a   Mungai, Peter ^a   Ouma, John H ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Haematuria; Praziquantel; Prevalence; Schistosoma haematobium; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; REINFECTION; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; KENYA; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHISTOSOMICIDES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

KENYA;

EID: 0033012747     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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