Simple questionnaire and urine reagent strips compared to microscopy for the diagnosis of Schistosoma haematobium in a community in northern Ghana

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1217-1221

  Bogoch, Isaac I ^a,b,c   Andrews, Jason R ^b,c   Dadzie Ephraim, Richard K ^d   Utzinger, Jürg ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Tamale Teaching Hospital   (Ghana)

^e SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Ghana; Microscopy; Questionnaire; Schistosoma haematobium; Schistosomiasis; Urine reagent strip

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

FLATWORM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; MICROSCOPY; PROTEIN; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CENTRIFUGATION; CHILD; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST STRIP; URINALYSIS;

BANDELETTE RÉACTIVE URINAIRE; CUESTIONARIO; DIAGNÓSTICO; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC; ESQUISTOSOMIASIS; GHANA; MICROSCOPÍA; MICROSCOPIE; MICROSCOPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TIRA REACTIVA DE ORINA; URINE REAGENT STRIP;

ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GHANA; MICROSCOPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REAGENT STRIPS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RIVERS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

GHANA;

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 84866309278     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.03054.x     Document Type: Article

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