High prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis in two communities in South Darfur: Implication for interventions

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Deribe, Kebede ^a   Eldaw, Abdeljbar ^b   Hadziabduli, Samir ^a   Kailie, Emmanuel ^a   Omer, Mohamed D ^c   Mohammed, Alam E ^c   Jamshed, Tanole ^d   Mohammed, Elmonshawe A ^d   Mergani, Ali ^b   Ali, Gafar A ^e   Babikir, Khalid ^e   Adem, Abdulrahman ^e   Hashim, Farouq ^a  

^a American Refugee Committee International ^*  (Sudan)

^b State Ministry of Health   (Sudan)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNICEF   (United States)

^e Malaria Schistosomiasis and Leishmaniasis Control Program   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; URINALYSIS; ADULT; AGE; ANIMAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SUDAN; URINE;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SUDAN; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551625482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-4-14     Document Type: Article

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