Schistosomiasis in infants and preschool-aged children: Infection in a single Schistosoma haematobium and a mixed S. haematobium-S. mansoni foci of Niger

Acta Tropica

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 212-219

  Garba, Amadou ^a,b   Barkiré, Nouhou ^c   Djibo, Ali ^c   Lamine, Mariama S ^a   Sofo, Boubacar ^a   Gouvras, Anouk N ^d   Bosqué Oliva, Elisa ^d   Webster, Joanne P ^d   Stothard, J Russell ^e   Utzinger, Jürg ^b   Fenwick, Alan ^d  

^a Environnement Aménagement et Lutte ^*  (Niger)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ ABDOU MOUMOUNI   (Niger)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co infection; Infants; Niger; Preschool aged children; Prevalence; Schistosoma haematobium; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis; Women

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITIC DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WOMENS HEALTH; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATURIA; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIXED INFECTION; MOUSE; NIGER; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; URINALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; COMORBIDITY; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NIGER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

NIGER [WEST AFRICA];

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 77953545533     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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