Evaluation and application of potential schistosome-associated morbidity markers within large-scale mass chemotherapy programmes

Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1789-1799

  Webster, J P ^a   Koukounari, A ^a   Lamberton, P H L ^a   Stothard, J R ^b   Fenwick, A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; control; diagnosis; morbidity; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HEMOGLOBIN; PRAZIQUANTEL; ANTISCHISTOSOMAL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ALBUMINURIA; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; STOMACH DISTENSION; UMBILICAL CIRCUMFERENCE; URINARY EXCRETION; ARTICLE; HEMOGLOBINURIA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; URINE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

SCHISTOSOMA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMICIDES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 75649130418     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009006350     Document Type: Review

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