A wake up call for urinary schistosomiasis: Reconciling research effort with public health importance

Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1593-1610

  Rollinson, D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Drugs; HIV; Neglected tropical diseases; Schistosoma haematobium; Urinary schistosomiasis; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTISCHISTOSOMAL AGENT; ANTITREMATODAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER; ARTEMISININ; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; ARTESUNATE; BILHVAX; METRIFONATE; OXADIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; OXAMNIQUINE; PLACEBO; PRAZIQUANTEL; PZQ; SCHISTOSOMA VACCINE; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRIOXAQUANTEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE GENITAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE TARGETING; GENITAL SYSTEM; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GENOME; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTESTINE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LONG TERM CARE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; URINARY SCHISTOSOMIASIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 70350564209     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009990552     Document Type: Review

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