[Screening for urinary schistosoma by strips reactive to hematuria. Evaluation in zones of intermediate and weak endemicity in the Ivory Coast]

Autor: K E, N'Goran, Y, Yapi Yapi, J L, Rey, B, Soro, A, Coulibaly, C, Bellec
Jazyk: francouzština
Rok vydání: 1989
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Zdroj: Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique et de ses filiales. 82(2)
Popis: Sticks Hemastix, reactive to haematuria have been tested into a focus ivory coast located in a humid savanna area. Into this focus the prevalence rate of urinary schistosomiasis (Schistosoma haematobium) was 27% taken as a whole and 40% for 5 to 19 years old persons. This study has shown that reactive sticks have a good sensitivity and an acceptable specificity compared with filtration. More, a good correlation between intensity of eggs count and the haematuria is observed.
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