Risk factors and micro-geographical heterogeneity of Schistosoma haematobium in Ndumo area, uMkhanyakude district, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Acta Tropica

Volumn 159, Issue , 2016, Pages 176-184

  Manyangadze, Tawanda ^a   Chimbari, Moses John ^a   Gebreslasie, Michael ^a   Mukaratirwa, Samson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cluster detection; Geographically weighted regression; Hotspots; Micro geographical; Schistosomiasis; Schoolchildren; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FILTRATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; ANIMAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

KWAZULU-NATAL; NDUMO GAME RESERVE; SOUTH AFRICA; UMKHANYAKUDE;

GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84962724819     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.03.028     Document Type: Article

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