The impact of a school health programme on the prevalence and morbidity of urinary schistosomiasis in Mwera Division, Pangani District, Tanzania

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 58-64

  Magnussen, P ^a   Ndawi, B ^b   Sheshe, A K ^c   Byskov, J ^a   Mbwana, K ^d   Christensen, N O ^a  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b Vector Control Training Centre   (Tanzania)

^c School of Environmental Health   (Tanzania)

^d District Medical Office   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Disease control; Morbidity; Praziquantel; Schistosoma haematobium; Schistosomiasis; School programme; Selective chemotherapy; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL; REAGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; FILTRATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TANZANIA; TEACHER; TEST STRIP; URINALYSIS;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; TREMATODA;

EID: 0035725217     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(01)90333-5     Document Type: Article

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