Schistosoma mansoni morbidity among school-aged children: A SCORE Project in Kenya

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 874-882

  Samuels, Aaron M ^a   Matey, Elizabeth ^b   Mwinzi, Pauline N M ^b   Wiegand, Ryan E ^a   Muchiri, Geoffrey ^b   Ireri, Edmund ^b   Hyde, Molly ^a   Montgomery, Susan P ^a   Karanja, Diana M S ^b   Secor, W Evan ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PEDIATRIC QUALITY OF LIFE INVENTORY; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRASOUND; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; VERMES;

EID: 84869127349     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.12-0397     Document Type: Article

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