Simple anamnestic questions and recalled water-contact patterns for self-diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni infection among schoolchildren in western Côte d'Ivoire

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 649-655

  Utzinger, J ^a   N'Goran, E K ^a   Tanner, M ^a   Lengeler, C ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BATH; CHILD; COTE D'IVOIRE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FISHING; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; RIVER; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; SWIMMING; SYMPTOM;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0034467407     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2000.62.649     Document Type: Article

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