New endemic foci of schistosomiasis infections in the Philippines

Acta Tropica

Volumn 141, Issue Part B, 2015, Pages 354-360

  Leonardo, Lydia ^a   Rivera, Pilarita ^a   Saniel, Ofelia ^a   Antonio Solon, Juan ^a   Chigusa, Yuichi ^b   Villacorte, Elena ^a   Christoper Chua, James ^a   Moendeg, Kharleezelle ^a   Manalo, Daria ^a   Crisostomo, Bobby ^c   Sunico, Louie ^d   Boldero, Nicasio ^e   Payne, Lara ^f   Hernandez, Leda ^g   Velayudhan, Raman ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Philippine Health Insurance Corporation   (Philippines)

^d Rural Health Unit of Gonzaga   (Philippines)

^e Rural Health Unit of Calatrava   (Philippines)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g Philippine Department of Health Central Office   (Philippines)

^h WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calatrava; Gonzaga; New endemic foci; Oncomelania quadrasi; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

MEBENDAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; NEW SPECIES; PARASITE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIRCUMOVAL PRECIPITIN TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KATO KATZ STOOL EXAMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; ONCOMELANIA HUPENSIS; ONCOMELANIA HUPENSIS QUADRASI; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHILIPPINES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES HABITAT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ANIMAL; BOVINE; BUFFALO; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FECES; GOAT; HORSE; INFANT; PARASITOLOGY; SNAIL;

PHILIPPINES;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; ONCOMELANIA HUPENSIS QUADRASI; ONCOMELANIA QUADRASI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOGS; ECOSYSTEM; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENVIRONMENT; FECES; FEMALE; GOATS; HORSES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SNAILS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84916891538     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.03.015     Document Type: Article

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