Exposure to malaria affects the regression of hepatosplenomegaly after treatment for Schistosoma mansoni infection in Kenyan children

BMC Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Booth, Mark ^a   Vennervald, Birgitte J ^b   Butterworth, Anthony E ^c   Kariuki, Henry C ^d   Amaganga, Clifford ^e   Kimani, Gachuhi ^f   Mwatha, Joseph K ^f   Otedo, Amos ^f   Ouma, John H ^g   Dunne, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^e Kakamega Provincial Hospital   (Kenya)

^f KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^g MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; REMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 13844296555     PISSN: 17417015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-2-36     Document Type: Article

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