Low heritable component of risk for infection intensity and infection-associated disease in urinary schistosomiasis among Wadigo village populations in coast province, Kenya

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-62

  King, Charles H ^a   Blanton, Ronald E ^a   Muchiri, Eric M ^b   Ouma, John H ^c   Kariuki, H Curtis ^b   Mungai, Peter ^d   Magak, Philip ^e   Kadzo, Hilda ^f   Ireri, Edmund ^c   Koech, Davy K ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e City X Ray Services   (Kenya)

^f KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CYSTITIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; AGED; ANIMAL; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; URINE;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; TREMATODA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 1542349172     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.70.57     Document Type: Article

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