Impact of praziquantel mass drug administration campaign on prevalence and intensity of schistosoma haemamtobium among schoolchildren in Bahi district, Tanzania

Tanzania Journal of Health Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Chaula, Simon A ^a   Tarimo, Donath S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DODOMA   (Tanzania)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Mass drug administration; Praziquantel; Schoolchildren; Tanzania; Urinary schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

LAKE WATER; PRAZIQUANTEL; RIVER WATER; TAP WATER; WELL WATER; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BULINUS; CERCARIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TANZANIA; URINALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TANZANIA; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896067856     PISSN: 18216404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/thrb.v16i1.1     Document Type: Article

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