Anaemia and organomegaly associated with parasitic infections among schoolchildren in Sengerema District, north-western Tanzania

Tanzania Journal of Health Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Mazigo, H D ^a,c   Lwambo, N J S ^b   Mkoji, G M ^c   Laurent, L M ^d   Kweka, E J ^e   Waihenya, R ^c  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

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

^d SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^e TROPICAL PESTICIDES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Organomegaly; Parasitic infections; Schoolchildren; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PALPATION; PARASITOSIS; PHOTOMETRY; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLENOMEGALY; TANZANIA; VISCEROMEGALY;

EID: 79955648163     PISSN: 18216404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/thrb.v12i2.56399     Document Type: Article

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