Urinary schistosomiasis on Zanzibar: Application of two novel assays for the detection of excreted albumin and haemoglobin in urine

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 79, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 199-206

  Rollinson, D ^a   Klinger, E V ^b   Mgeni, A F ^c   Khamis, I S ^c   Stothard, J R ^a,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health Zanzibar   (Tanzania)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEMOGLOBIN; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ASSAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATURIA; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBUMINURIA; ANEMIA; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HEMOGLOBINS; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HUMANS; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA;

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 23944517228     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/JOH2005305     Document Type: Conference Paper

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