Urine heme dipsticks are useful in monitoring the impact of Praziquantel treatment on Schistosoma haematobium in sentinel communities of Delta State, Nigeria

Acta Tropica

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 126-131

  Emukah, Emmanuel ^a   Gutman, Julie ^b   Eguagie, John ^a   Miri, Emmanuel S ^a   Yinkore, Paul ^c   Okocha, Ndudi ^c   Jibunor, Victoria ^c   Nebe, Obiageli ^d   Nwoye, Augustine Ikenna ^d   Richards, Frank O ^a  

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^b Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

^d Federal Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Hematuria; Mass treatment; Monitoring; Nigeria; Praziquantel; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

BASELINE SURVEY; BIOMONITORING; CHILD HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG; ENDEMIC SPECIES; INFECTIVITY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; VILLAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHOOL CHILD; URINE HEME DIPSTICK;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HEME; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHOOLS; URINE;

DELTA; NIGERIA;

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 84857117291     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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