The performance of school‐based questionnaires of reported blood in urine in diagnosing Schistosoma haematobium infection: patterns by age and sex
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- 1 November 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Tropical Medicine & International Health
- Vol. 4 (11) , 751-757
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00483.x
Abstract
Summary This study investigates the performance of school‐based questionnaires of reported blood in urine as an indicator of the prevalence of Schistosoma haematobium infection in school...Keywords
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