Patterns of Schistosoma haematobium infection, impact of praziquantel treatment and re-infection after treatment in a cohort of schoolchildren from rural KwaZulu-Natal/South Africa

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Saathoff, Elmar ^a,b   Olsen, Annette ^b   Magnussen, Pascal ^c   Becker, Wilhelm ^d   Appleton, Chris C ^e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; REINFECTION; RURAL AREA; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SUMMER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANIMAL; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTION; MALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEASON; SEX RATIO; TRICHURIASIS; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; URINE; COASTAL PLAIN; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOOKWORM; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRICHURIS; WORM EGG;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; TRICHURIASIS; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PILOT PROJECTS; PRAZIQUANTEL; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; URINE;

EID: 10444221639     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-4-40     Document Type: Article

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