Low Levels of Awareness Despite High Prevalence of Schistosomiasis among Communities in Nyalenda Informal Settlement, Kisumu City, Western Kenya

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Odhiambo, Gladys O ^a,b   Musuva, Rosemary M ^a   Atuncha, Vincent O ^a   Mutete, Elizabeth T ^a   Odiere, Maurice R ^a   Onyango, Rosebella O ^b   Alaii, Jane A ^c   Mwinzi, Pauline N M ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c ContextFACTOR Solutions ^*  (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY AWARENESS; DEFORESTATION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WELFARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; INTESTINAL DISEASES; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901263973     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002784     Document Type: Article

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