Schistosoma haematobium in Guinea-Bissau: unacknowledged morbidity due to a particularly neglected parasite in a particularly neglected country

Parasitology Research

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1567-1572

  Botelho, Monica C ^a,b   Machado, Ana ^c   Carvalho, André ^d   Vilaça, Manuela ^a   Conceição, Orquídea ^a   Rosa, Fernanda ^e   Alves, Helena ^a   Richter, Joachim ^f   Bordalo, Adriano Agostinho ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

^e INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^f Department of Orthopedic Surgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

Guinea Bissau; Hematuria; Nutrition status; Schistosoma haematobium; Schistosomiasis; Stunting wasting; Unacknowledged morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; STUNTING; URINALYSIS; WASTING SYNDROME; ANIMAL; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEGLECTED DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEGLECTED DISEASES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA;

EID: 84954119883     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4891-3     Document Type: Article

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