Parasitological and malacological surveys reveal urogenital schistosomiasis on Mafia Island, Tanzania to be an imported infection

Acta Tropica

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 326-333

  Stothard, J Russell ^a   Ameri, Haji ^b   Khamis, I Simba ^b   Blair, Lynsey ^c   Nyandindi, Ursuline S ^d   Kane, Richard A ^e   Johnston, David A ^e   Webster, Bonnie L ^e   Rollinson, David ^e  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Ministry of Health Zanzibar   (Tanzania)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Ministry of Health and Social Welfare   (Tanzania)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bulinus nasutus; Epidemiology; Mafia Island; Migration; Schistosoma haematobium; Transmission biology; Zanzibar

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; GENOMIC DNA; PRAZIQUANTEL;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MIGRATION; PARASITOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BULINUS; CERCARIA; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA BARCODING; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TANZANIA; TRAVEL; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; WATER SUPPLY;

MAFIA ISLAND; PWANI; TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

BULINUS; BULINUS FORSKALII; BULINUS NASUTUS; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

BULINUS NASUTUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MAFIA ISLAND; MIGRATION; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; TRANSMISSION BIOLOGY; ZANZIBAR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; BULINUS; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHOOLS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885476400     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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