Heavy schistosomiasis associated with poor short-term memory and slower reaction times in Tanzanian schoolchildren: Partnership for child development

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 104-117

  Jukes, M C H ^a   Nokes, C A ^a   Alcock, K J ^a   Lambo, J K ^a   Kihamia, C ^a   Ngorosho, N ^a   Mbise, A ^a   Lorri, W ^a   Yona, E ^a   Mwanri, L ^a   Baddeley, A D ^a   Hall, A ^a   Bundy, D A P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Educational achievement; Hookworm; Observational studies; Schistosomiasis; Schoolchildren; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; MEMORY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; RATING SCALE; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FECES; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; TANZANIA; URINE;

TANZANIA;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; VERMES;

EID: 0036170164     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00843.x     Document Type: Article

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