Prevalence of schistomasiasis lesions detected by ultrasonography in children in Molodo, Mali

• Published in: Gastroentérologie clinique et biologique Vol. 29; no. 6; pp. 652 - 655
• Main Authors: Kéita, Adama Diaman, Sangho, Hamadoun, Sacko, Moussa, Diarra, Zoumana, Simaga, Sidi Yaya, Traore, Issa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Paris Elsevier Masson SAS 01.06.2005; Masson
• Subjects: Adolescent; Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diseases caused by trematodes; Feces - parasitology; Female; Helminthic diseases; Hematuria - etiology; Humans; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases; Parasitic diseases; Prevalence; Schistosoma haematobium - isolation & purification; Schistosoma haematobium - pathogenicity; Schistosoma mansoni - isolation & purification; Schistosoma mansoni - pathogenicity; Schistosomiases; Schistosomiasis haematobia - diagnostic imaging; Schistosomiasis haematobia - epidemiology; Schistosomiasis japonica - diagnostic imaging; Schistosomiasis japonica - epidemiology; Ultrasonography; Urinary system involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous; Urinary Tract - diagnostic imaging; Urinary Tract - parasitology; Urinary tract. Prostate gland; Mali; Africa; Sonography; Human; Spleen; Urinary system disease; Mixed infection; Prevalence; Hematuria; Liver; Trematode disease; A mode echography; Parasitosis; Epidemiology; Helminthiasis; Hemorrhage; Infection; Schistosomiasis; Urinary system; Echography; Fibrosis; Urinary bladder wall; Medical imagery; Lesion; Child

To study schistomasiasis infection in school children in Molodo, an irrigated rice growing region of Mali, by determining the prevalence of schistomasiasis and lesions identified by ultrasonography among children living in this region. This cross sectional study included 346 children aged 7 to 14 ye...