Endemicity of vesical schistosomiasis in the Ebonyi Benue river valley, South Eastern Nigeria

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 205-210

  Anosike, Jude C ^a,b   Okere, Anthony N ^a   Nwoke, Bertram E B ^a   Chukwu, Joyce U ^a   Nwosu, Dennis C ^a   Njoku Tony, Roseline F ^a   Oguwuike, Thaddeus U ^a   Ezike, Monica N ^a   Okogun, Godwin R A ^c   Obasi, Chikezie U ^c   Ogbusu, Fidelia I ^a   Onyirioha, Caroline U ^a   Ajero, Chigbo M ^a   Dike, Martins U ^c  

^a IMO STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b Global 2000 Guinea Worm Erad Prog   (Nigeria)

^c NONE

Author keywords

B. truncatus; Bulinus globosus; Endemicity; Epidemiology; Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS); Nigeria; Symptoms; Vesical schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BULINUS; BULINUS GLOBOSUS; BULINUS TRUNCATUS; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PAIN; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

BULINUS GLOBOSUS; BULINUS TRUNCATUS; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; TREMATODA;

EID: 0038110137     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1438-4639-00214     Document Type: Article

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