Change in schistosomiasis-related liver disease with repeated praziquantel treatment in school children in rural Zambia
| العنوان: | Change in schistosomiasis-related liver disease with repeated praziquantel treatment in school children in rural Zambia |
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| المؤلفون: | David McAdam, Rodney Strahan, Eldho Paul |
| المصدر: | Tropical Doctor. 50:216-221 |
| بيانات النشر: | SAGE Publications, 2020. |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, Rural Population, medicine.medical_specialty, Pediatrics, Adolescent, Liver Diseases, Parasitic, 030231 tropical medicine, Zambia, Schistosomiasis, Praziquantel, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, Liver disease, 0302 clinical medicine, Prevalence, Animals, Humans, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Child, Disease burden, Ultrasonography, Schistosoma, Anthelmintics, biology, business.industry, Public health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Schistosoma mansoni, medicine.disease, biology.organism_classification, Infectious Diseases, Child, Preschool, Female, business, medicine.drug |
| الوصف: | Repeated praziquantel treatment for schistosomiasis is an effective method to reduce disease burden. Ultrasonographic methods were used to assess the severity of schistosoma mansoni-related liver disease and demonstrate improvement following treatment. We compared data from 733 children in 2010 and 972 children in 2018 to determine the effect of repeated praziquantel treatment on prevalence of liver disease. Three age groups were compared across three liver disease classifications (normal, mild, severe). From 2010 to 2018, there was a significant reduction in prevalence of severe liver disease in all age groups ( P = 0.03 for 5–10 years, P |
| تدمد: | 1758-1133 0049-4755 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::ff44d420c58e97dbe1d80f3e13bbcd6eTest https://doi.org/10.1177/0049475520921281Test |
| حقوق: | CLOSED |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....ff44d420c58e97dbe1d80f3e13bbcd6e |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 17581133 00494755 |
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