Urban schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminthiases in young school children in Dar es Salaam and Tanga, Tanzania, after a decade of anthelminthic intervention

Acta Tropica

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-41

  Mwakitalu, Mbutolwe E ^a   Malecela, Mwele N ^a   Mosha, Franklin W ^b   Simonsen, Paul E ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b TUMAINI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Children; Control; Schistosomiasis; Soil transmitted helminths; Tanzania; Urban

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; PARASITE; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SANITATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SNAIL; SPECIES HABITAT; TANZANIA; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URINALYSIS;

DAR ES SALAAM [DAR ES SALAAM (RGA)]; DAR ES SALAAM [TANZANIA]; TANGA [TANGA (RGA)]; TANGA [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

CHILDREN; CONTROL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTHS; TANZANIA; URBAN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOLS; TANZANIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; URINE; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 84896810138     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.01.012     Document Type: Article

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