Long-term effect of mass chemotherapy, transmission and risk factors for Schistosoma mansoni infection in very low endemic communities of Venezuela

Acta Tropica

Volumn 140, Issue , 2014, Pages 68-76

  Hofstede, Stefanie N ^a,b,e   Tami, Adriana ^b,c   van Liere, Genevieve A F S ^a,b,f,g   Ballén, Diana ^d   Incani, Renzo N ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f South Limburg Public Health Service   (Netherlands)

^g MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mass chemotherapy; Praziquantel; Prevalence; Risk factors; Schistosoma mansoni; Transmission; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; LUCANTHONE; PRAZIQUANTEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; MOLLUSCACIDE;

CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMISM; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAIL; DISEASE TREATMENT; ENDEMIC SPECIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE IMMUNOASSAY; ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CIRCUMOVAL PRECIPITIN TEST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VENEZUELA; VERY ELDERLY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; IMMUNOASSAY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SANITATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; PARASITOLOGY; SNAIL; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

VENEZUELA;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SNAILS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VENEZUELA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906739391     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.08.003     Document Type: Article

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