The performance of haematuria reagent strips for the rapid mapping of urinary schistosomiasis: Field experience from Southern Sudan

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1484-1487

  Robinson, Emily ^a   Picon, Diana ^b   Sturrock, Hugh J ^b,c   Sabasio, Anthony ^b   Lado, Mounir ^d   Kolaczinski, Jan ^a,c   Brooker, Simon ^c,e  

^a MALARIA CONSORTIUM   (United Kingdom)

^b Malaria Consortium   (Sudan)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d Ministry of Health   (Sudan)

^e KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Mapping; Neglected tropical diseases; Schistosoma haematobium; Southern Sudan; Urinary schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; URINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUDAN; TEST STRIP; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REAGENT STRIPS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUDAN;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 70449347189     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02407.x     Document Type: Article

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