Preparing for national school-based deworming in Kenya: The validation and large-scale distribution of school questionnaires with urinary schistosomiasis

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1326-1333

  Kihara, Jimmy ^a,b   Mwandawiro, Charles ^a   Waweru, Beth ^c   Gitonga, Caroline W ^d   Brooker, Simon ^d,e  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^c Deworm the World   (Kenya)

^d KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood in urine; Diagnosis; Kenya; Schistosoma haematobium; Schistosomiasis; School based questionnaires

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; DATABASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; PARASITOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL VARIATION; THRESHOLD; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEWORMING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE CONTROL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASHORE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINALYSIS; URINARY SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHOOLS; URINE;

COAST PROVINCE; KENYA;

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 80052894703     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02829.x     Document Type: Article

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