Case-control study of posttreatment regression of urinary tract morbidity among adults in schistosoma haematobium-endemic communities in kwale county, Kenya

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 371-376

  Magak, Philip ^b   Chang Cojulun, Alicia ^b   Kadzo, Hilda ^b   Ireri, Edmund ^b   Muchiri, Eric ^b   Kitron, Uriel ^b   King, Charles H ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTITIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYDROURETER; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; URINARY TRACT; YOUNG ADULT;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; URINARY TRACT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939239449     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0153     Document Type: Article

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