Parasitic infections on the shore of Lake Victoria (East Africa) detected by Mini-FLOTAC and standard techniques

Acta Tropica

Volumn 137, Issue , 2014, Pages 140-146

  Barda, Beatrice ^a   Ianniello, Davide ^b   Zepheryne, Henry ^c   Rinaldi, Laura ^b   Cringoli, Giuseppe ^b   Burioni, Roberto ^a   Albonico, Marco ^d  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c Bukumbi Hospital   (Tanzania)

^d Ivo de Carneri Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

Helminths; Intestinal parasitic infections; Protozoa; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH IMPACT; MORBIDITY; PARASITE; PROTOZOAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHORE (NONMARINE); WATER QUALITY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTAMOEBA COLI; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEMALE; FORMOL ETHER CONCENTRATION METHOD; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI FLOTAC TECHNIQUE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; TANZANIA; URINARY SCHISTOSOMIASIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAKE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE VICTORIA; MWANZA [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LAKES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITES; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902330366     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.05.012     Document Type: Article

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