Prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis and associated risk factors among Abobo Primary School children in Gambella Regional State, southwestern Ethiopia: A cross sectional study

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Geleta, Shashie ^a   Alemu, Agersew ^b   Getie, Sisay ^b   Mekonnen, Zeleke ^c   Erko, Berhanu ^d  

^a Gambella Teachers Education and Health Science College   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^c JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Abobo; Ethiopia; Gambella; Risk factors; School children; Urinary schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MICROSCOPY; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING; URINALYSIS; URINARY SCHISTOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT;

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84927922234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-0822-5     Document Type: Article

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