A cross-sectional study of the prevalence of intensity of infection with Schistosoma japonicum in 50 irrigated and rain-fed villages in Samar Province, the Philippines

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Tarafder, Mushfiqur R ^a   Balolong Jr , Ernesto ^b   Carabin, Hélène ^a   Bélisle, Patrick ^c   Tallo, Veronica ^b   Joseph, Lawrence ^d   Alday, Portia ^b   Gonzales, Ryan O'Neil ^b   Riley, Steven ^f   Olveda, Remigio ^b   McGarvey, Stephen T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Philippines)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT ERROR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITOSIS; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FECES; HEALTH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION;

RAIN; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; RAIN; RURAL HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; WATER;

EID: 33645533057     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-61     Document Type: Article

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