Schistosoma mansoni in schoolchildren in a Madagascan highland school assessed by PCR and sedimentation microscopy and Bayesian estimation of sensitivities and specificities

Acta Tropica

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 89-94

  Schwarz, Norbert G ^a   Rakotozandrindrainy, Raphael ^b   Heriniaina, Jean N ^b   Randriamampionona, Njary ^b   Hahn, Andreas ^a   Hogan, Benedikt ^a,b   Frickmann, Hagen ^c,d   Dekker, Denise ^a   Poppert, Sven ^a   Razafindrabe, Tsiriniaina ^b   Rakotondrainiarivelo, Jean P ^b   May, Jürgen ^a   Hagen, Ralf M ^c  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^c Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Hamburg   (Germany)

^d ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Madagascar; Microscopy; PCR; Prevalence; Schistosomiasis; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENDEMISM; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; VILLAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROBABILITY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDIMENTATION MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MADAGASCAR; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; SCHOOL; STUDENT;

MADAGASCAR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84897543995     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.03.003     Document Type: Article

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