Schistosomiasis and water resources development: systematic review, meta-analysis, and estimates of people at risk

Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 411-425

  Steinmann, Peter ^a   Keiser, Jennifer ^a   Bos, Robert ^b   Tanner, Marcel ^a   Utzinger, Jürg ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISCHISTOSOMAL AGENT; PRAZIQUANTEL;

AFRICA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE INFECTION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LAKE; META ANALYSIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SANITATION; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED NATIONS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAILS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33745436655     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(06)70521-7     Document Type: Review

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