Abstract |
Schistosomiasis ranks second to malaria in terms of socioeconomic and public health importance in Yemen. This study assessed the validity of a morbidity questionnaire and urine reagent strips as a rapid tool for screening schoolchildren for urinary schistosomiasis as compared with the presence of eggs in urine as the gold-standard parasitological diagnosis. The study examined urine samples and interviewed 696 children (mean age 12.5 years) attending a primary-preparatory school in south Yemen. Urinary schistosomiasis was confirmed in 126 (18.1%) children. Diagnostic performance was poor for 2 items in the morbidity questionnaire (self-reported history of previous infection and self-reported history of antischistosomal treatment). However, self-reported dysuria, self-reported haematuria in the questionnaire and microhaematuria by reagent strips (alone or with macrohaematuria) revealed good diagnostic performance. The results indicated that reagent strips are a valid method for detection of microhaematuria for identifying individuals and communities infected with Schistosoma haematobium.
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Authors | H K Bassiouny, A A Hasab, N A El-Nimr, L A Al-Shibani, A A Al-Waleedi |
Journal | Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit
(East Mediterr Health J)
Vol. 20
Issue 4
Pg. 242-9
(May 01 2014)
ISSN: 1020-3397 [Print] Egypt |
PMID | 24952121
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Validation Study)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Animals
- Child
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Reagent Strips
- Reproducibility of Results
- Schistosoma haematobium
(isolation & purification)
- Schistosomiasis haematobia
(diagnosis, urine)
- Self Report
- Surveys and Questionnaires
- Yemen
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