Epidemiology of mixed Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma haematobium infections in northern Senegal

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 305-311

  Meurs, Lynn ^a   Mbow, Moustapha ^b   Vereecken, Kim ^a   Menten, Joris ^a   Mboup, Souleymane ^b   Polman, Katja ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dakar   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Ectopic egg elimination; Mixed infection; Schistosoma haematobium; Schistosoma mansoni; Senegal

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EGG PARASITOID; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLATWORM; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCHOOL CHILD; SENEGAL; WORM EXPULSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SENEGAL; YOUNG ADULT;

SENEGAL;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 84858288904     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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