Intestinal schistosomiasis in Uganda at high altitude (>1400 m): malacological and epidemiological surveys on Mount Elgon and in Fort Portal crater lakes reveal extra preventive chemotherapy needs.

Stanton, Michelle C; Adriko, Moses; Arinaitwe, Moses; Howell, Alison; Davies, Juliet; Allison, Gillian; LaCourse, E James; Muheki, Edridah; Kabatereine, Narcis B; Stothard, J Russell

Intestinal schistosomiasis in Uganda at high altitude (>1400 m): malacological and epidemiological surveys on Mount Elgon and in Fort Portal crater lakes reveal extra preventive chemotherapy needs.

Stanton, Michelle C; Adriko, Moses; Arinaitwe, Moses; Howell, Alison; Davies, Juliet; Allison, Gillian; LaCourse, E James; Muheki, Edridah; Kabatereine, Narcis B; Stothard, J Russell.

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Stanton MC; Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK.
Adriko M; Vector Control Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, P.O. Box 1661, Uganda.
Arinaitwe M; Vector Control Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, P.O. Box 1661, Uganda.
Howell A; Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK.
Davies J; Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK.
Allison G; Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK.
LaCourse EJ; Department of Parasitology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK.
Muheki E; Vector Control Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, P.O. Box 1661, Uganda.
Kabatereine NB; Vector Control Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, P.O. Box 1661, Uganda.
Stothard JR; Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG, UK.

Infect Dis Poverty ; 6(1): 34, 2017 Feb 06.

Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28162096

Assuntos

Esquistossomose mansoni/epidemiologia; Esquistossomose mansoni/parasitologia; Esquistossomose mansoni/transmissão; Adolescente; Altitude; Animais; Anti-Helmínticos; Criança; Sistemas de Informação Geográfica; Humanos; Lagos/parasitologia; Praziquantel; Prevalência; Medicina Preventiva; Fatores de Risco; Schistosoma mansoni/genética; Schistosoma mansoni/isolamento & purificação; Caramujos/parasitologia; Uganda/epidemiologia

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Biomphalaria; CCA; Kato-Katz; SEA-ELISA; Schistosoma mansoni; School children

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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Esquistossomose mansoni País/Região como assunto: Africa Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2017 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Reino Unido

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