Comparing parasitological vs serological determination of Schistosoma haematobium infection prevalence in preschool and primary school-aged children: Implications for control programmes

Parasitology

Volumn 141, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1962-1970

  Wami, Welcome M ^a   Nausch, Norman ^a   Bauer, Katharina ^a,e   Midzi, Nicholas ^b,d   Gwisai, Reggis ^c   Simmonds, Peter ^a   Mduluza, Takafira ^d   Woolhouse, Mark ^a   Mutapi, Francisca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Zimbabwe)

^c Murewa District Hospital   (Zimbabwe)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^e GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

diagnosis; neglected tropical diseases; parasitology; prevalence; schistosomiasis; serology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; HELMINTH ANTIBODY; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZIMBABWE; AGE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84924320335     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182014000213     Document Type: Article

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