Intestinal schistosomiasis among preschool children along the shores of Lake Victoria in Uganda

Acta Tropica

Volumn 142, Issue , 2015, Pages 115-121

  Nalugwa, A ^a   Olsen, A ^b   Tukahebwa, M E ^c   Nuwaha, F ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Lake victoria shoreline; Preschool children; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis; Uganda

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; STUDENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTESTINAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS; KATO KATZ TECHNIQUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SEASHORE; UGANDA; ANIMAL; FECES; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAKE; PARASITOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE VICTORIA; UGANDA;

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LAKES; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UGANDA;

EID: 84914812010     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.11.014     Document Type: Article

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