Urinary schistosomiasis in schoolchildren in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, and the factors influencing its transmission

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 697-706

  Ndyomugyenyi, R ^a   Minjas, J N ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRIFONATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING; TANZANIA; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BULINUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SEX FACTORS; SWIMMING; TANZANIA; TRICHLORFON; WATER;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; TREMATODA;

EID: 0035200248     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034980120097151     Document Type: Article

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