Epidemiology and morbidity of Schistosoma mansoni infection in a fishing community along Lake Albert in Uganda

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 711-718

  Kabatereine, N B ^a   Kemijumbi, J ^a   Ouma, J H ^b   Kariuki, H C ^c   Richter, Joachim ^d   Kadzo, H ^e   Madsen, H ^f   Butterworth, A E ^g   Ornbjerg N ^f   Vennervald, B J ^f  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^f DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^g BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Fishing community; Hepatomegaly; Morbidity; Schistosoma mansoni; Splenomegaly; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FISHING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLENOMEGALY; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FISHERIES; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UGANDA;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 5444254548     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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