Co-infections with Plasmodium falciparum, Schistosoma mansoni and intestinal helminths among schoolchildren in endemic areas of northwestern Tanzania

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Mazigo, Humphrey D ^a,b   Waihenya, Rebecca ^b   Lwambo, Nicholas J S ^c   Mnyone, Ladislaus L ^d   Mahande, Aneth M ^e   Seni, Jeremiah ^a   Zinga, Maria ^a   Kapesa, Anthony ^a   Kweka, Eliningaya J ^e   Mshana, Stephen E ^a   Heukelbach, Jorg ^f   Mkoji, Gerald M ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^d SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^e TROPICAL PESTICIDES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; HELMINTH; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE PARASITE; LAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITOSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SOIL ORGANISM; TANZANIA; TRICHURIS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; VERMES;

EID: 77952309049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-3-44     Document Type: Article

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