Urinary soluble egg antigen levels in Schistosoma haematobium infection in relation to sex and age of Kenyan schoolchildren following praziquantel treatment

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1024-1030

  Kihara, Jimmy H ^a   Njagi, Eliud N M ^b   Kenya, Eucharia U ^b   Mwanje, Marium T ^a   Odek, Adel E ^a   van Dam, Govert ^c   Kahama, Anthony I ^d   Ouma, John H ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Syn X Pharma Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Kenya; Praziquantel; Schistosoma haematobium; Schoolchildren; Sex; Soluble egg antigen

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; PRAZIQUANTEL; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EGG PARASITOID; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS; ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; KENYA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; STUDENT; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS;

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 69949142001     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.04.021     Document Type: Article

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