Elimination of Schistosomiasis Transmission in Zanzibar: Baseline Findings before the Onset of a Randomized Intervention Trial

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Knopp, Stefanie ^a,b,c   Person, Bobbie ^d   Ame, Shaali M ^e,f   Mohammed, Khalfan A ^g   Ali, Said M ^e   Khamis, I Simba ^g   Rabone, Muriel ^a   Allan, Fiona ^a   Gouvras, Anouk ^a   Blair, Lynsey ^h   Fenwick, Alan ^h   Utzinger, Jürg ^b,c   Rollinson, David ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation   (United States)

^e Public Health Laboratory Ivo de Carneri   (Tanzania)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g Elderly and Children   (Tanzania)

^h Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; FRESH WATER; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BULINUS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MALE; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; TANZANIA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE ERADICATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887270084     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002474     Document Type: Article

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