Health implications of chronic hepatosplenomegaly in Kenyan school-aged children chronically exposed to malarial infections and Schistosoma mansoni

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 110-116

  Wilson, Shona ^a   Vennervald, Birgitte J ^b   Kadzo, Hilda ^c   Ireri, Edmund ^d   Amaganga, Clifford ^e   Booth, Mark ^a   Kariuki, H Curtis ^f   Mwatha, Joseph K ^d   Kimani, Gachuhi ^d   Ouma, John H ^d   Muchiri, Eric ^f   Dunne, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e Kakamega Provincial Hospital   (Kenya)

^f MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Hepatosplenomegaly; Malaria; Nutritional status; Portal vein; Schistosomiasis; Stunting

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; KENYA; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PORTAL VEIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLENOMEGALY; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN DILATATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SPLENOMEGALY;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 75149119221     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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