The WHO ultrasonography protocol for assessing morbidity due to Schistosoma haematobium. Acceptance and evolution over 14 years. Systematic review

Parasitology Research

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1279-1289

  Akpata, Robert ^a,b   Neumayr, Andreas ^d   Holtfreter, Martha C ^b   Krantz, Ingela ^c   Singh, Daman D ^b   Mota, Rodrigo ^b   Walter, Susanne ^b   Hatz, Christoph ^d,e   Richter, Joachim ^b  

^a Hopital St Jean de Dieu   (Benin)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Skaraborgs Institutet   (Sweden)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Calculi; Cloudy urine; Focused ultrasound; Genital schistosomiasis; Haematuria; Inter observer agreement; Residual urine; Schistosoma haematobium; Ultrasonography; Upper urinary tract obstruction; Ureter; Urinary schistosomiasis; Urogenital schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BLADDER CANCER; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL URINE; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URETER STONE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MORBIDITY; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84925496076     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4389-z     Document Type: Review

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