Rapid screening for Schistosoma mansoni in western Cote d'ivoire using a simple school questionnaire

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 389-398

  Utzinger, J ^a,b   N'Goran, E K ^b,c   Ossey, Y A ^d   Booth, M ^a   Traore M ^b   Lohourignon, K L ^c   Allangba, A ^d   Ahiba, L A ^d   Tanner, M ^a   Lengeler, C ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRE SUISSE DE RECHERCHES SCIENTIFIQUES EN CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^d Grandes Endémies de Man ^*  (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Cote d'Ivoire; Diagnosis; Diagnostic techniques and procedures; Epidemiological studies; Questionnaires, utilization; Schistosoma mansoni; Schools

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; MONITORING; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ARTICLE; COTE D'IVOIRE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCCULT BLOOD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; COTE D'IVOIRE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PARASITE EGG COUNT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

EID: 18744436137     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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