Sensitivities and specificities of diagnostic tests and infection prevalence of Schistosoma haematobium estimated from data on adults in villages northwest of Accra, Ghana

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 435-441

  Koukounari, Artemis ^a   Webster, Joanne P ^a   Donnelly, Christi A ^a   Bray, Bethany C ^b   Naples, Jean ^c   Bosompem, Kwabena ^d   Shiff, Clive ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; ULTRASOUND; URINALYSIS;

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 62949170099     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.80.435     Document Type: Article

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