Study and implementation of urogenital schistosomiasis elimination in Zanzibar (Unguja and Pemba islands) using an integrated multidisciplinary approach

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Knopp, Stefanie ^a,b,c   Mohammed, Khalfan A ^d   Ali, Said M ^d   Khamis, I Simba ^d   Ame, Shaali M ^d   Albonico, Marco ^e   Gouvras, Anouk ^c   Fenwick, Alan ^f   Savioli, Lorenzo ^g   Colley, Daniel G ^h   Utzinger, Jürg ^a,b   Person, Bobbie ⁱ   Rollinson, David ^c  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d Elderly and Children   (Tanzania)

^e Ivo de Carneri Foundation   (Italy)

^f Faculty of Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTER FOR PREPAREDNESS DETECTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour change intervention; Bulinus globosus; Elimination; Morbidity control; Preventive chemotherapy; Schistosoma haematobium; Snail control intervention; Tanzania; Transmission control; Urogenital schistosomiasis; Zanzibar

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; TANZANIA; TIME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTORS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRAZIQUANTEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; TANZANIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867899916     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-930     Document Type: Article

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