Prevalence of schistosomiasis in various governorates in the United Arab Republic as revealed by the intradermal test with antigens from adult Fasciola gigantica and Schistosoma mansoni
- 1 September 1964
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 58 (5) , 397-399
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(64)90084-7
Abstract
The valuable contribution made by teams of medical auxiliaries in the course of mass surveys in tropical Africa, is illustrated by examples drawn from a circumscribed medical control area in the ex-Belgian Congo. It is shown that the training of these auxiliaries can with advantage be orientated towards the investigation of various endemic diseases, and that both during training and afterwards they are able, when suitably directed and supervised, to collect essential clinical, pathological and entomological data. When such mass surveys are followed by the provision of treatment through a system of village dispensaries, manned by qualified auxiliaries whose training has had a bias towards preventive medicine, the cooperation of the rural inhabitants is assured.Keywords
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- The use of antigens prepared from adult Fasciola gigantica, Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma bovis in the diagnosis of urinary schistosomiasis by the intra-dermal test (IDT)Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1963