Recent urban growth and urinary schistosomiasis in Niamey, Niger

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 431-437

  Ernould, J C ^a,b,c   Kaman, A Kaman ^b   Labbo, R ^b   Couret, D ^a,b   Chippaux, J P ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b WHO Collaborating Ctr for the C   (Niger)

^c Centre de Recherche Medicale et Sanitaire Niamey   (Niger)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Niger; Schistosoma haematobium; Transmission; Urban focus

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; URBAN GROWTH;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGER; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SNAIL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAVEL; URBANIZATION; URINALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NIGER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHOOLS; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN RENEWAL;

NIGER;

GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; TREMATODA;

EID: 0033910062     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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