Epidemiological assessment of Schistosoma haematobium-induced kidney and bladder pathology in rural Zimbabwe

Acta Tropica

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 339-347

  Brouwer, Kimberly C ^a   Ndhlovu, Patricia D ^b   Wagatsuma, Yukiko ^a   Munatsi, Anderson ^b   Shiff, Clive J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Blair Research Institute   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Bladder; Kidney; Pathology; Schistosomiasis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BATH; BLADDER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FISHING; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLAY; PROTEINURIA; RURAL AREA; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; ZIMBABWE; ANIMAL; CHILD; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; URINE;

ZIMBABWE;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; URINE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0037343791     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(02)00262-0     Document Type: Article

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