Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth infections in schoolchildren in north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: Table 1
| Autor: | Jürg Utzinger, Mirko S. Winkler, Milka Owuor, Astrid M. Knoblauch, Colleen E. Archer, Mark J. Divall, Sandro Schmidlin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Schistosoma haematobium Veterinary medicine medicine.medical_specialty biology 030231 tropical medicine Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Helminthiasis Soil-transmitted helminthiasis Schistosomiasis General Medicine 030108 mycology & parasitology medicine.disease biology.organism_classification 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Infectious Diseases Environmental health parasitic diseases Epidemiology medicine Helminths Parasitology Schistosoma mansoni Feces |
| Zdroj: | Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 110:424-426 |
| ISSN: | 1878-3503 0035-9203 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/trstmh/trw040 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: There is a paucity of epidemiological data pertaining to schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was carried out in the north-eastern part of DRC enrolling 400 schoolchildren aged 9-14 years. Stool and urine samples were subjected to standard diagnostic methods and examined under a microscope for helminth eggs. RESULTS: Four out of five children were infected with at least one helminth species. Schistosoma mansoni was the predominant species (57.8%). Urine examinations were all negative for S. haematobium. CONCLUSIONS: S. mansoni and STH infections are highly endemic in the surveyed part of the DRC, calling for interventions in school-aged children. |
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